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What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
(news.harvard.edu)
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this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2025
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I never did a DNA test but both my parents did... How screwed am I?
If both your parents did a DNA test with the same company, and you are their child and not the result of a liaison with the milkman, you are 100% screwed.
If you are the product of a liaison with the milkman and the milkman didn't do a DNA test with the same company, you're 50% screwed.
If you were adopted, then there will be no impact from the DNA test, but if your parents didn't tell you, they're 100% screwed. (Assuming that your birth parents didn't have a DNA test.)
In other words, there's a non-zero chance that you're screwed.
You should be fine, unless you're planning on a life of crime.
Or if you're a minority who could be framed for a crime.
You should be fine to not have a phone PIN, unless you're planning on a life of crime.