FWIW 3 of the 12 I had tested are deceased but I have always managed their profile/accounts. -----Original Message----- From: genealogy-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:genealogy-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sam Sloan via Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 10:20 PM To: Brooks Family; genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com; DNAAdoption@yahoogroups.com; DNA-NEWBIE@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DNA] The New 23andMe I agree that you are not a lawyer. For the rest of it, you are incorrect. The privilege of patient confidentiality disappears once the person dies. You can report that a person died of cancer, but while he is still alive you cannot report that he has cancer. I am confident that it would be completely legal to reveal the identities of these people after they have died. Of course, they would have to check carefully to make sure that they are really deceased. Since a high percentage of the people in these groups are elderly it will not be long before the majority of the people in these groups will have passed, but their test results will have value for those of us still alive. Sam Sloan