Adoptees’ views and experiences of direct-to-consumer genomic testing
Ten UK adult adoptees were interviewed about DNA testing, including motivations, health and ancestry information, birth-relative contact, privacy and the meaning of results.
Limitations: Ten participants recruited through social media.
- Research type
- Qualitative interviews
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adults
Adoption context: Mixed
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: birth family, DNA testing, genomics, medical history, privacy, search, UK research
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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- Commissioner
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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Entry: study_9955218d13bf54ae