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23&Me to settle for a whopping $2.60 per affected person
(cybernews.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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Data of just ethnicity or heritage (as in area of family origin) itself already special protected data under EU GDPR, not even allowed store without special permission. Let alone connect with other people.
In germany test for fatherhood is illegal without consent of all party or judge ordering one. So unconsenting gene match for fatherhood probably also illegal.
All in all, probably impossible. This data will ruin more life than the joy it bring to know some random fact about heritage.