23andMe UK

I absolutely love the idea of this.<p>I just think that I&#x27;ll end up in a database that, despite any promise to the contrary now, will probably end up being used against me at some point in the future (targeted marking &#x2F; denying of health insurance &#x2F; whatever else). Which I really don&#x27;t love.<p>And I hate to be cynical, but it strikes me that becoming the Google of genomes is ultimately going to make far, far more cash than selling a kit that tests for genetic problems.<p>Don&#x27;t be evil, and all that.

A cautionary tale...<p>I bought an Ancestry(.com) DNA test a number of years ago. The product had the advantage that it was integrated in to their genealogical research platform (a subscription service). When you found a match in the database you could click straight through to that members family tree<p>.... then they shut down the &quot;old&quot; platform entirely, gave me X days to download my data, and told me to get lost. Visiting the site today we see &quot;The AncestryDNA product is not currently available for purchase outside of the United States&quot;<p>Furthermore, their &quot;all new&quot; tests are focused, like 23andMe, on telling you about more gimmicky crap like your health, ethnicity, and ancient migratory ancestry, and not helping you find distant cousins you can work with. Really sad.<p>I cancelled my ~$160 annual subscription on principle after that

I&#x27;ve had one of these 23andMe kits sitting at home for a while now. I find the information they can give you very interesting and I&#x27;m curious to do it. But part of me can&#x27;t overcome the fear of this data sitting around on a companies servers forever. With me having no way of knowing what they&#x27;re doing with it. Maybe I&#x27;m just too paranoid.

Has anyone submitted something other than a human sample? I have to wonder if anyone has submitted a bovine or dog sample as a joke.

If I&#x27;m in the US, is there any way to proxy into my full health results?

The pricing doesn&#x27;t make much sense. It&#x27;s $99 in the US, and $195 in the UK (125 pounds). It&#x27;s cheaper to order the US version to the UK.

I really would like to get my DNA anaylsed out of pure curiosity, but I&#x27;m also afraid I might discover something I would have been better not knowing.

Has there been any update on their Health Reports being supported again? That&#x27;s the killer feature that I&#x27;m waiting for them to turn back on.

Sadly not an alternative if you weren&#x27;t too comfortable with your genetic data being stored in the US. From the .uk privacy policy:<p>&gt;By agreeing to our Privacy Statement and Terms of Service, you consent to the storing and processing of your personal information, including sensitive information, in the USA and countries outside of the country you live in.

When this will be available in the rest of EU countries? Do they have to register the service in each country separately?

I am in the UK and had previously purchased from the US. This morning I got an e-mail offering me health reports (based on my previous test results). Very nice.

I&#x27;m interested in doing this. Can someone who has already done it give me an idea of the kind of things I might discover which I can actually act upon? Although it would be interesting paying £125 for a list of things that might happen isn&#x27;t very appealing unless I can work to mitigate them or use the advice to improve my life in some way. Considering the privacy implications the benefit needs to be pretty big.

Full health reports have been made available again in Canada for a month now.<p><a href="http://www.23andme.ca/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.23andme.ca&#x2F;</a>

This ought to turn up more relatives in relative finder!

A functional way to show middle finger to FDA.

I&#x27;m curious, have companies like this ever been subpoenaed for their data as part of a fishing expedition to catch a criminal or find the father of a child for child support, etc?<p>To example, there&#x27;s been a few examples where they found someone through relative(&#x27;s) DNA for murders in the past, but DNA was voluntarily given.