“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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Main Authors: | Juliette Careau, Maarten H.D. Larmuseau, Rebekah Drumsta, Rob Whitley |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2025-01-01
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Series: | BMC Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06380-0 |
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