How much of the actual person could plausibly continue or be brought back.
AncestryDNA
How richly others can remember, reconstruct, or study the person later.
What this preserves
Genetic ancestry testing tied to family-history records.
Public dimension scores
We show only high-confidence dimensions here. Lower-confidence machine calls stay internal until the evidence is good enough. That keeps hallucinations minimized.
5 dimensions withheld by the public confidence gate.
Intentionality
The mission is ancestry and family-history discovery, not human preservation. Preservation value exists because DNA results and genealogy records persist as product data, but that is a byproduct of the service.
Coverage breadth
Coverage is narrow: genome, genealogy, and some family-relationship graph. The evidence does not cover body, brain, memories, personality, likeness, voice, beliefs, or behavior. A person is more than a family tree, even a very good one.
Revival potential
This cannot revive a person or recreate a faithful instance. At most it preserves ancestry, inherited variants, and biological relatedness. That is useful identity evidence, not a mind, body, or recoverable self.
Facet coverage
Body
Not shownPhysical body or tissue substrate preservation.
The evidence says AncestryDNA uses DNA test data, but it does not state that bodily tissue or biological samples are preserved as a long-term body-preservation substrate.
Brain / connectome
Not shownBrain structure, connectome, or neural substrate preservation.
No evidence mentions brain tissue, neural structure, or connectome preservation.
Genome
CoveredGenetic blueprint preservation.
This is the clearest covered facet. The product is a genetic ancestry DNA test, and the extracted context explicitly names DNA test data for genetic ancestry as preserved material.
Memories
Not shownAutobiographical memories and life stories.
The evidence covers ancestry records and DNA-linked results, not autobiographical memories or life-story archives.
Personality
Not shownStable traits, conversational style, preferences, and temperament.
No evidence shows storage or modeling of temperament, stable traits, or conversational style.
Social graph
CoveredRelationships, affiliations, and interaction history.
The evidence points to family relationship discovery data. That supports a kinship graph, although the record is thin and does not show broader interaction history or affiliations.
Likeness
Not shownFace, image, video, avatar, or visual representation.
No evidence mentions face, photos, video, avatars, or other visual representations as preserved material.
Voice
Not shownVoice recordings or voice model representation.
No evidence mentions voice recordings or voice models.
Values / beliefs
Not shownStated values, beliefs, commitments, and opinions.
No evidence shows capture of beliefs, commitments, opinions, or stated values.
Genealogy
CoveredLineage, ancestry, family records, and inherited identity.
This facet is strongly covered. The company ties genetic ancestry testing to family-history records and family relationship discovery, which squarely fits lineage and ancestry preservation.
Behavioral preferences
Not shownChoices, habits, tastes, and behavior patterns.
The evidence does not indicate tracking of habits, tastes, choices, or behavior patterns.
Structured evidence
No structured public evidence has been extracted yet.
Evidence sources
- Wayback snapshot 20000229wayback snapshotwaybackweb.archive.orgFeb 29, 2000
- Wayback snapshot 19990203wayback snapshotwaybackweb.archive.orgFeb 3, 1999
- Wayback snapshot 19980109wayback snapshotwaybackweb.archive.orgJan 9, 1998
- Wayback snapshot 19970111wayback snapshotwaybackweb.archive.orgJan 11, 1997
- Wayback snapshot 19961028wayback snapshotwaybackweb.archive.orgOct 28, 1996
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