In going through some older clippings recently, one from the daily paper dated last October 14 surfaced with a headline that read: “DNA data can identify those who never tested.” Credit was given to Kristen V. Brown of Bloomberg, which immediately turns on a mental yellow light because of the displayed Communist/Fascist/Socialist words and actions of it’s owner, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a possible 2020 Democrat presidential candidate.

The beginning states that the information now on file because of  “consumer” testing, meaning companies like Ancestry.com, Inc. of 23andMe, Inc. (new to me), it would be possible to identify 60 percent of the European descent people in the United States.  This brought to my mind a reply received from one of my readers in Geneva, Switzerland, that rebuked me for even suggesting a national DNA data base.  It became acceptable when explained that such a database would be voluntary and I would be a willing donor, since my ancestry records from birth parents are sealed in the birth records of the State of Missouri.

That situation is an ongoing bone of contention among those of us who have been adopted, particularly from “planned orphan’”status.

It seems that the “Pendergast Machine” of Democrat politics for several decades had reportedly operated three hospitals in the Kansas City area whose only purpose was births of babies to be adopted.  One of these was Willows Hospital, which the record shows to have been where I took my first breath of air.  For “protection of the privacy of the mother,” records are sealed by order of the domestic part of the Jackson County Court.  This court, even today with different judges than in 1926, refuses for any reason to order them opened.

In February 2004, my youngest son was diagnosed with two types of blood cancer.  The first thing the oncologists wanted was a family medical history, which of course was not available for me.  On calling the court and speaking with the clerk, she said it seemed reasonable for me to request the record be unsealed and would “speak to the judge.”  A couple of days later, she called back and, seemingly in tears, reported that he said “that is not an emergency.”  In answer to my question of “what is an emergency,” the reply was “I have no idea.”

The result was, because DNA results from his siblings didn’t match – presumably for a source of stem cells – and his condition would not generate his own, he had to undergo six or eight months of chemotherapy.  This resulted in his complete loss of hair and the necessity for hip replacement surgery a year or so later. 

Thankfully his employer, Continental Air Lines, was most understanding and allowed him to return to active duty a month later to attend Boeing 777 maintenance school in Honolulu.  He is still in remission today, thank you God.

My original proposal for a national DNA database was for it to be voluntary.  It certainly would be of great assistance for identity in tragedy and criminal identification purposes.  Of course, those who have reservations about the desirability of having a government-operated such data base have a very good point. 

Look at the current reports of misconduct, especially in the federal Department of Justice, which have been grossly misdirected during several decades of C/F/S-minded administrations and co-operating Congresses.  It will take probably more than two terms of Trump-like administrations to return the government of the United States back to the rule of law of our nation’s founding.