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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/users/sarahdal/statuses/111091089025414720">saraaaaargh (sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 18:23:18 JST</a><a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal" title="sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/111292-48-20231204160622.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="saraaaaargh" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">saraaaaargh</a></section><article><p>I didn't realise that Blackstone had bought Ancestry.com in 2020 <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/private-equity-bought-largest-consumer-dna-database" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://futurism.com/the-byte/private-equity-bought-largest-consumer-dna-database</a> </p><p>A reminder that while getting DNA tested to find out family links can be awesome, it's probably the worst thing you can give freely - or pay a fortune to give - to massive international companies</p><p><a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/tags/Genealogy" rel="tag">#Genealogy</a> <a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/tags/DNA" rel="tag">#DNA</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2146128#notice-4213942">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-10-06T18:23:18+09:00" title="Friday, 06-Oct-2023 18:23:18 JST">Friday, 06-Oct-2023 18:23:18 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal/111091089025414720" rel="external" title="Sent from crispsandwi.ch via ActivityPub">crispsandwi.ch</a></span></span><a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal/111091089025414720">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://www.ancestry.com/">Ancestry® | Family Tree, Genealogy &amp; Family History Records</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Ancestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: wp-assets.futurism.com</div><h5><a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/private-equity-bought-largest-consumer-dna-database">A private equity firm just bought the largest consumer DNA database</a></h5><div></div></header><div>It's a timely illustration of how little control people have over their information once they take a DNA test.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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saraaaaargh (sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 18:23:18 JST saraaaaargh
I didn't realise that Blackstone had bought Ancestry.com in 2020 https://futurism.com/the-byte/private-equity-bought-largest-consumer-dna-database
A reminder that while getting DNA tested to find out family links can be awesome, it's probably the worst thing you can give freely - or pay a fortune to give - to massive international companies
#Genealogy #DNA
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  Ancestry® | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
  Ancestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage.
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  A private equity firm just bought the largest consumer DNA database
  It's a timely illustration of how little control people have over their information once they take a DNA test.

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