Privacy is important and these tests have the potential to strip that away.
I had the nasal swab test and after I handed the swab over I was struck with fear that I had just unwittingly given up my DNA profile. I felt this same fear when I received my son's birth certificate and it listed my birth name and not, as it said it needed, my maiden name. I had a moment of blind panic when I was filling out the PRAMS post pregnancy survey and I answered the Ashkenazi question.
It seems silly, but I'm not usually prone to bouts of panic. Maybe this is baggage from a past life, but maybe these were glimpses of future consequences.
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branchandroot
Maybe paranoia...
Date: 2021-11-09 09:25 pm (UTC)I had the nasal swab test and after I handed the swab over I was struck with fear that I had just unwittingly given up my DNA profile. I felt this same fear when I received my son's birth certificate and it listed my birth name and not, as it said it needed, my maiden name. I had a moment of blind panic when I was filling out the PRAMS post pregnancy survey and I answered the Ashkenazi question.
It seems silly, but I'm not usually prone to bouts of panic. Maybe this is baggage from a past life, but maybe these were glimpses of future consequences.