> How easy is it to submit random DNA (cow, cat, dog, chicken, etc. or even fake?) and get yourself enrolled in their system to then legitimately have access to

> How easy is it to submit random DNA (cow, cat, dog, chicken, etc. or even fake?) and get yourself enrolled in their system to then legitimately have access to the next 1500+ "relatives?". You really must not fundamentally understand how this works. You are matched to people who also took a 23&me test and share DNA with you. The amount shared is how they infer relations. There are people who do not even have 1500 matches, submitting a sample of animal DNA will quickly result in sequencing failure as the test is based upon the human genome and is effectively “written in the hardware”. Fabricating a DNA is extraordinarily difficult because you need hundreds of cells with genetic material in order to even produce results. It would be so much easier to steal a sample from a known relative than it would be to genetically engineer some cells.