“I’m trying to figure out who the hell I am”: Examining the psychosocial and mental health experience of individuals learning “Not Parent Expected” news from a direct-to-consumer DNA ancestry test

Abstract Background According to recent estimates, around 30 million people have taken Direct-to-Consumer DNA ancestry tests, typically marketed as a fun, harmless and exciting process of discovery. These tests estimate a user’s ethnic ancestry, also matching users with biological relations on their...

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Autores principales:	Juliette Careau, Maarten H.D. Larmuseau, Rebekah Drumsta, Rob Whitley
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	BMC 2025-01-01
Colección:	BMC Psychiatry
Materias:	DTC DNA ancestry testing Family relationships Not parent expected Misattributed paternity Mental health Self-identity
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06380-0
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