To: Anne Wojcicki, CEO @23andMe
23andMe DNA Relatives feature settings should be set to "Public Match" by default
Let's all help our fellow adoptees in the 23andMe database by changing our settings to a "public match" setting on the DNA Relatives feature! Too many frustrated adoptees keep sending genome sharing requests that get declined or get no response! 23andme DNA Relatives feature settings should be by default visible to all members, at least for family surnames and locations! If you want to keep those private, then leave those two boxes empty, or opt out from DNA Relatives if you don't want to share any info! 23andMe should become a more "adoptee friendly" company! Please sign and share this petition.
Why is this important?
I'm an adult adoptee who took the DNA test with 23andMe last year in hopes to find more information about my family tree and possibly locate my birth family. But every time I get a new match (like a 2nd or 3rd cousin, or even 4th cousins), it's like I hit a brick wall! Most of the time, they have their settings set on private just because they never bothered to adjust them, so most of my DNA cousins remain anonymous or have their box not to accept sharing genome info clicked by default. So unless someone goes into their account settings and change the settings, their profiles remain invisible to ALL the members of 23andMe by default. That is really frustrating for a lot of adoptees and even a huge number of non-adoptees who are interested in filling those gaps in their family history. 23andMe already has the blocking feature for unwanted contacts! My petition is to make public match the default feature! Off course we can always change our settings to private at will. That will not change and should not change!