Ancestry.com Is Now Sharing Your DNA With The PoliceBy Joshua Krause Sometimes, it involves our DNA, which is what Michael Usry Jr. learned when the police called him in for questioning in regards to a bogus hit and run incident. In reality, they were trying to solve a cold case involving the 1994 murder of Angie Dodge in Idaho Falls. So why did they think he was the killer? Because, his fathers DNA, which was a very close match the killers, had been submitted to Ancestry.com. The Sorenson Database, which is owned by Ancestry.com and stores over 100,000 DNA samples from around the world, gave up his fathers genetic profile without a warrant or a court order. At this point in the story things became even more convoluted. The DNA from the Ancestry.com database linked a man, Michael Usry, to the case that didnt fit the police profile, as he was born in 1952. The cops then used the genetic information and traced his line of male descendants, ultimately finding his son Michael Usry Jr., born in 1979, which much more closely fit the police profile of the killer. Once they had targeted Ursy Jr. as the suspect, they began to scour his Facebook page looking for connections to Idaho, finding a couple of Facebook friends that lived in the area of Idaho Falls. Police then, by Google searching, realized that Usry Jr. was a filmmaker and had done some short films containing murder scenes. Law enforcement subsequently got a warrant for Usry Jr.s DNA based upon the completely circumstantial evidence presented by Idaho investigators. The cops then called Usry Jr. and asked him to meet them, under the guise that they were investigating a hit-and-run accident. Thinking he had nothing to hide, he agreed to meet with the investigators, without an attorney present. He was subsequently taken to an interrogation room where he eventually allowed them to collect his DNA. Despite the flimsy circumstantial evidence used to get the warrant, ultimately the test showed that although there were a number of familial alleles shared with the murderers sample, Usry Jr.s DNA did not conclusively match the killers. Isnt that twisted? You cant even research your familys genealogy without the government snooping your DNA. Whats worse, is that this is a total break with Ancestry.coms consent form. They promise not to share your DNA with anyone outside of the company, and yet they did it anyway. They didnt even ask for a warrant. At first, they concealed Usrys information, but once the police got a hold of the DNA, they forced the company to hand over his name with a court order. This is the world we live in now. The government lies to gain our consent, and the corporations ask for our consent and then conveniently fail to uphold their own terms. Theyre working in tandem to erode our rights at every level, and they wont stop until they own us lock stock and barrel. Its just too bad that there isnt any evidence of their incestuous relationship on Ancestry.com. Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple, where this article first appeared. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshuas reports at Facebook or on his personal Twitter. Joshuas website is Strange Danger. 