ArticleNew genetics and society2019
Consumer (dis-)interest in Genetic Ancestry Testing: The roles of race, immigration, and ancestral certainty.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Do genetic ancestry tests increase racial essentialism? Findings from a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2020Trial
- In Search of Genetic Agency: On the Uses and Actionability of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Test Results in Biohacking Practices.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
- Human leukocyte antigen variation is associated with cytomegalovirus serostatus in healthy individuals.American journal of human genetics · 2025Article
- Multiple measures for self-identification improve matching donors with patients in unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplant.Communications medicine · 2024Article
- Guidelines for genetic ancestry inference created through roundtable discussions.HGG advances · 2023Article
- Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: Prospective users' attitudes toward information about ancestry and biological relationships.PloS one · 2021Article
- Impacts of personal DNA ancestry testing.Journal of community genetics · 2021Article
- Health and kinship matter: Learning about direct-to-consumer genetic testing user experiences via online discussions.PloS one · 2020Article
- Racial-Genomic Interest Convergence and the Geneticization of Black Families.Journal of family communicationArticle
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Abstract
Genetic ancestry testing (GAT) is marketed as a way to make up for missing knowledge about one's ancestry. Previous research questions the GAT industry's ability to fulfill this promise in terms of the validity and reliability of test results. We instead explore the demand side of GAT, evaluating who is most and least likely to express interest in GAT. Using data from an original, nationwide survey of over 100,000 American adults, we find that GAT interest is related to both self-identified race and immigrant generation, with Asian Americans and first-generation immigrants expressing the least interest. Our quantitative and qualitative evidence suggests interest is further shaped by a pre-existing sense of ancestral certainty, leading some individuals to decline GAT, even if it were free. How interest and ancestral certainty are patterned has implications for who is included in - and thus for the conclusions that can be drawn from - genetic ancestry databases.
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