23 and Me DNA Test Facing Crisis.
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*While this website is mostly geared toward Adoptees who were adopted through the Korean Adoption Agency Korea Social Service (KSS), there is also information here which is relevant to ALL Korean Adoptees, regardless of their Korean Adoption Agency. This page is relevant to ALL Korean Adoptees.
23 and Me DNA Test Facing Crisis.
February 1, 2024:
In a major blow for Korean Adoptees, the DNA testing company 23 and Me is facing financial crisis following their major data breach last year. This would be terrible news if 23 and Me went out of business, it has the absolute MOST Korean DNA in its database. (Korean Adoptees are recommended to take ALL major DNA tests, but 23 and Me is a big one).
If you have been putting off taking a 23 and Me test, the time to do it might be now, because there isn't going to be a database that has more Korean database in it for a LONNNNG time: