Thursday, September 19, 2024

Have you tested at 23andMe.com? If so you may want to download your data from there ASAP

About 18 months ago there was a data breach at 23andMe. If your data was taken you should have an email from them. Check your emails. Their major funder has pulled out of the contract with 23andMe. There have been layoffs and, this week, the resignation of the full Board of Directors.

If you haven't logged in to 23andMe in the past 18 months, do so now. You may have to change your Password a nd enable 2 factor authentication, TFA, to get into your account.

Once logged in go to the menu bar and click on each menu item to see what is there and to decide what you want to copy to your computer.

At the least:

  • download your raw data;
  • your Ancestry composition and map;
  • and any Health data you may have there;
  • Consider making page captures of your DNA Relatives List matches down through one per cent of DNA matching;
  • Note that the Family Tree at 23andMe is made from your DNA connections. If you can, download it to your computer. No other DNA test company provides this kind of tree.