Here's the 23 And Me story as to how it unfolded

[aja8888]

“I remind Californians to consider invoking their rights and directing 23andMe to delete their data and destroy any samples of genetic material held by the company,” said the alert, which gave 9-step instructions on how to do that.

Genetic testing and data collection company 23andMe, which had gone public via merger with a SPAC in 2021, finally filed for bankruptcy today. Shortly after the announcement of the company’s merger with Richard Branson’s SPAC in February 2021, the SPAC’s market cap reached $6 billion. Now, the outfit is valued at $19 million.

Branson’s SPAC went public via IPO at $10 a share in late 2020. It then acquired 23andMe at the company’s peak in revenues. The 1-for-20 reverse stock split last October turned each 20 shares [ME] into one share, and thereby turned the SPAC’s IPO price of $10 into $200. And today’s price of $0.73 would be $0.037 on a pre-reverse-split basis (data via YCharts).

SPAC Implosion Keeps on Giving: Genetic Data of 15 Million Customers up for Grabs at 23andMe Bankruptcy Auction | Wolf Street

 

[badatmath]

I've never done that but if I had I'd want to try to remove the results at this point!

 

[ponyboy]

Myself or wife never did the 23 and me test. I'm not sure anyone in my family ever did it. It seemed like one of those things that everyone was doing it so others followed suit. Another company bites the dust.

 

[Koolau]

Of course, if anyone related to you has done it, there are parts of your DNA that can be tracked. Not a pleasant thought.

 

[target2019]

I'll hang in there and see who wants my spit. Then they can pair it with the hundred breeches of PI that occured at Yahoo, Verizon, government, et al.

My WAG is that clones of myself will appear in other parts of the world. Semblance will tour the Great Wall, Himalayas, Taj Mahal and other grand places, and it won't cost me a penny.

 

[audreyh1]

Of course, if anyone related to you has done it, there are parts of your DNA that can be tracked. Not a pleasant thought.

Yeah but that’s quite random, they don’t know which genes you share. Not a concern IMO.

 

[aja8888]

I never did this test so I'm still "mysterious and unidentified"!