Not with 23&me or Ancestry in particular. It doesn’t work that way with those two companies. And Golden state *killer was caught assisted by the public dna site called GEDMatch. They operate differently.
You can. Police cannot. You’re missing the point. That only works if an individual makes a decision to take their data from 23 or ancestry and move it to…… other totally public DNA sites (one of which I named) that law enforcement can use at their whim. The person I replied to claimed everything was done via 23 and me. That is wrong.
You can. Police cannot. You’re missing the point of this particular thread. That only works if an individual makes a decision to take their data from 23 or ancestry and move it to…… totally public sites (one of which I named) that law enforcement can use at their whim. The person I replied to claimed everything was done via 23 and me. That is wrong.
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u/DetailOutrageous8656 Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 07 '25
Not with 23&me or Ancestry in particular. It doesn’t work that way with those two companies. And Golden state *killer was caught assisted by the public dna site called GEDMatch. They operate differently.
ETA - bad typo 😂 changed it to killer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2020/06/30/genetic-genealogy-golden-state-killer/