Author: John D. Loike Moshe Tendler and Ira Bedzow

Direct-to-Consumer DNA Testing: What Does Halachah Say?

With the recent boom in direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA testing, more than thirty million individuals have taken the test. Until recently, these tests were done primarily to explore the general ancestry origin of the consumer. Many people want to know from which regions of the world their parents or grandparents hail, whether it be Eastern Europe […]