I am not considering DNA testing. For those who have had it done, what is your opinion of the government using the results in criminal cases?

I am betting that we will ALL be a DNA database just as our fingerprints are on file. I see nothing wrong with the results used in criminal cases but then I have nothing to hide. I wrote earlier that I have been tested by all three major players. If the government had done this I wouldn’t have spent several hundred dollars. Gale Gorman Houston On Apr 6, 2016, at 11:57 AM, bluetea54 via <roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: I am not considering DNA testing. For those who have had it done, what is your opinion of the government using the results in criminal cases?

A lot is being posted about DNA testing. And Most of the answers are comming from people I know to know what they are talking about but some requesting answers have many terms confused. First FTDNA and ANCESTRYDNA are companies not tests. there are three main DNA tests offered by most of the different companies. 1. y-dna testing 2. MTDNA testing 3. Autosomal chromosome / atDNA testing To know what test to use, you must decide what answers you want to find. GO READ IT MIGHT HELP: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm NOW, my opinion about testing... For ten years I searched for my father's ancestors. John G Gilpin my dad's grandfather was my brick wall. there were other gilpins in the area but no paper proof they were related when testing of the Y chromosome became available I had my brother tested.. there were two other Gilpin males tested in the same batch. two were matches and one wasn't .. so years go by and I'm more convinced by perponderance of evidence that the Thomas Gilpin that lived in the same area was John G's dad.. no proof.. after a few more years I found a descendant of Thomas willing to test if I paid for it.. perfect match so YDNA did not actually prove Thomas was his father BUT IT DID PROVE THEY WERE related... with all the other evidence I have listed Thomas as his father. YOU must be careful when placing a dna match in a line of inheritance Thomas could just as easily be John G's uncle or even his grandfather if the ages had matched.. I find visuals help me understand.. I hipe my page will help you.. nelda Nelda L. Percival pennies2pounds-4 the animals-with your help. https://www.facebook.com/TheCastlesOfMyMind This statement comes the closest to stating how I personally feel about animals; I think animal welfare matters because it is the easiest way to judge our humanity towards fellow beings; we can choose to co-exist peaceably with animals or choose to dominate and stifle their individual needs in pursuit of our own. STATEMENT BY Trisha Ann Torres a member of World Animal Protection > Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:12:28 -0500 > To: bluetea54@aol.com > CC: ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] DNA testing > From: roots@rootsweb.com > > I am betting that we will ALL be a DNA database just as our fingerprints are on file. I see nothing wrong with the results used in criminal cases but then I have nothing to hide. > > I wrote earlier that I have been tested by all three major players. If the government had done this I wouldn’t have spent several hundred dollars. > > Gale Gorman > Houston extra messages removed

There have been many articles written on this topic and most are nothing more than click bait fear-mongering. While it is possible with a court order for the authorities to request test results as AncestryDNA sources have stated...for the most part the type of testing done through our autosomal tests would not be helpful or of interest in criminal cases...so it is unlikely that is going to be an issue. Y DNA tests MAYBE but again, only with a court order and it is never likely to become common practice that they would request genealogy DNA data. Joan Young jyoung6180@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: bluetea54 via <roots@rootsweb.com> To: ROOTS <ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Apr 6, 2016 12:59 pm Subject: [ROOTS-L] DNA testing I am not considering DNA testing. For those who have had it done, what is your opinion of the government using the results in criminal cases? ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Beside being click bait there was a criminalist on tv addressing this and they said that genetic testing didn't test what the legal side does so commercial testing is pretty much useless for finding criminals. Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:57 PM, bluetea54 via <roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I am not considering DNA testing. > For those who have had it done, what is your opinion > of the government using the results in criminal cases? > > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message