Genetics company 23andMe launched this week. For $999 the company will send you a kit with a container you fill with saliva. You send it back to the company and here’s what they do:The New York Times had one of its writers go through the process.

The company was founded by the wife of Google founder Sergey Brin, and Google has already funded it to the tune of $3.9 million. Will Google eventually own you, the universe, and everything in between???

While 23andMe has an extensive and very clear privacy statement, the question remains — what’s to happen should your genetic information accidentally become public? There are considerations.

I suppose that’s a chance you have to take. The service may be particularly fascinating for those who are adopted and don’t have any idea about history of disease in their families or don’t have clarity about their genetic ancestry.

As someone in that particular situation, I do find it intriguing. Would you want to know?