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From: "Rebekah Canada" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Recruiting recalcitrant relatives
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:34:23 -0600
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Bob,

I would never call handing a Genographic Kit to a relative with the
understanding that I had paid for it and intended to use it for
genealogical research then transferring the results unethical. But I
am an upfront person and my relatives all know that about me. If they
say 'My name stays out off the database.' then it stays out of the
database.

I do have misgivings about a company that transfers results to another
with out explicit consent. I have even more misgivings about a
non-profit that gives results and pedigree data to a for-profit firm
without advance notification. My misgivings persist even being sure
that both acts were done without malice. Those are not *my* morals.
They make me uncomfortable. I know that my relatives would be even
more distressed by ether of those events impacting their samples.

Others have other views. I respect that.


--
Regards,
Rebekah
ISOGG Resource Coordinator
Volunteer Administrator: H mtDNA Project; Q yDNA Project; Scandinavian
yDNA Project
Co-Administrator: I1a yDNA Project
"dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam erroresque et
stultitiam et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et adflictio
spiritus"
Ecc 1:17

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