DNA Testing Is Changing Families
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2019
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On the latest edition of Prognosis, we'll tell you how a simple DNA genealogy test upended the life of a Washington state sheep farmer. Instead of finding out more about the Swedish and Jewish roots she'd heard about, she found that she had an entire family she didn't know about, and a connection to a man with a mysterious and controversial past. These types of genetic surprises are getting more common, and redefining who we call family.
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| 0:30.0 | So the way I found out that I was donor conceived was when I got the results from 23 and |
| 0:36.9 | me, I matched with somebody who was my half-brother. |
| 0:42.3 | To my surprise, I found out that I am not my dad's daughter. He's not my biological father. |
| 0:50.0 | I took a DNA test, and I don't know who I am anymore. |
| 0:58.8 | Music I took a DNA test and I don't know who I am anymore. What if a few drops of saliva held the power to completely shatter your identity? |
| 1:04.9 | As the consumer DNA testing industry has boomed, thousands of people have found out that these tests reveal much more than, say, |
| 1:12.4 | a Scottish or Chinese heritage. They also have the power to unravel decades of closely kept |
| 1:18.1 | family secrets. Welcome back to Prognosis. I'm your host, Michelle Fay-Cortez. I am so excited |
| 1:25.7 | for this season, where we'll explore how data is transforming |
| 1:29.0 | health care. Often, the explosion of information is really helpful. It can also feel pretty |
| 1:34.4 | invasive, and sometimes it could create an existential crisis. This week, we're taking a close |
| 1:42.8 | look at what happens when a half a teaspoon of spit sets off a chain reaction, forcing you to re-evaluate your identity, where you belong in this world. |
| 1:51.8 | Here's Bloomberg health reporter Kristen V. Brown, with the story of one woman who took a DNA test that changed her life and what that means for the rest of us. It's a cold, sunny day in Enumclaw, Washington, a city of 12,000 that rests on a plateau at the foot of Mount Rainer, |
| 2:18.1 | formed by a volcanic eruption 5,000 years ago. |
| 2:21.6 | The wind is howling, as it usually does here. |
| 2:24.9 | There is fresh snow on the mountaintop. |
| 2:27.8 | I'm here to meet Carolyn Bernard. |
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