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> run an anonymized query ... see highly connected individuals Doesn't sound very anonymized to me.

• toomuchtodo 7y ago
  As the genetic sequencing graph grows, the odds of maintaining anonymity rapidly drops to zero. Poor choice of words on parent’s part, but I think one can understand what they were trying to convey (datamining the genotype matrix). Disclaimer: Interviewed at 23andme a decade ago. Good folks.
  • bscphil 7y ago
    I think that commenter was thinking that 23andme would be able to identify many people as children of the same unknown person, but unless that person also submitted their DNA to the service, they would effectively be anonymous. An unknown parent of dozens or hundreds.
    • kanaba 7y ago
      Anonymous until a cursory investigation.
    • toomuchtodo 7y ago
      They’d only be anonymous if none of their family had used 23andme. CODIS already supports similar familial searches.