23andMe is filing for bankruptcy. Here’s what it means for your genetic data

This illustration picture shows a saliva collection kit for DNA testing displayed in Washington DC on December 19, 2018. – Between 2015 and 2018, sales of DNA test kits boomed in the United States and allowed websites to build a critical mass of DNA profiles. The four DNA websites that offer match services — Ancestry, 23andMe, Family Tree DNA, My Heritage — today have so many users that it is rare for someone not to find at least one distant relative. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)