Jonquilyn Hill

OK, so 23andMe wasn't the only, you know, at home DNA testing site that we had. There's also Ancestry.com and there are others. But right now I want to stick with 23andMe. So originally this company was huge. It was gigantic. You could walk into Target or Walmart and see a whole wall of tests. Like what what happened?

Okay, we spoke with a listener named Hannah, and she used Ancestry.com to find her father, but it turns out she didn't even need to use her DNA. There was information already there. Is that common? How much of our DNA is already on these sites?

Okay, we spoke with a listener named Hannah, and she used Ancestry.com to find her father, but it turns out she didn't even need to use her DNA. There was information already there. Is that common? How much of our DNA is already on these sites?

Okay, we spoke with a listener named Hannah, and she used Ancestry.com to find her father, but it turns out she didn't even need to use her DNA. There was information already there. Is that common? How much of our DNA is already on these sites?

So fast forward and 23andMe's declared bankruptcy. What exactly happened? How did we get there?

So fast forward and 23andMe's declared bankruptcy. What exactly happened? How did we get there?

So fast forward and 23andMe's declared bankruptcy. What exactly happened? How did we get there?

So what can you do if you've submitted your DNA to 23andMe, but you're like, wait, what's going to happen to my data? Is it going to go to like TBD company? Yeah.

So what can you do if you've submitted your DNA to 23andMe, but you're like, wait, what's going to happen to my data? Is it going to go to like TBD company? Yeah.

So what can you do if you've submitted your DNA to 23andMe, but you're like, wait, what's going to happen to my data? Is it going to go to like TBD company? Yeah.

Yeah, this seems so sticky because... There aren't really federal laws protecting genetic data. Are there any safeguards out there, maybe on like a different level, a state level, something? Is there anything out there?

Yeah, this seems so sticky because... There aren't really federal laws protecting genetic data. Are there any safeguards out there, maybe on like a different level, a state level, something? Is there anything out there?

Yeah, this seems so sticky because... There aren't really federal laws protecting genetic data. Are there any safeguards out there, maybe on like a different level, a state level, something? Is there anything out there?

So the market for genetic data testing was really booming at one point. What happens next? Is this going to go away?

So the market for genetic data testing was really booming at one point. What happens next? Is this going to go away?

So the market for genetic data testing was really booming at one point. What happens next? Is this going to go away?

Okay, so now you've got what you need to reach out to the family you didn't previously know you had. How do you go about doing that, though? That's next.

Okay, so now you've got what you need to reach out to the family you didn't previously know you had. How do you go about doing that, though? That's next.

Okay, so now you've got what you need to reach out to the family you didn't previously know you had. How do you go about doing that, though? That's next.

We're back. It's Explain It to Me. And Libby Copeland's book, Lost Family, looks at how DNA technology has impacted families. I wanted to know what got her so interested in this.