James Whiting (Dimitri Leonidas) and Rebecca Webb (Hannah Ware) in Netflix's The One
Netflix’s new relationship drama series The One follows the founder of a fictional company that scientifically matches people with their perfect partner — using DNA. Though the show is based on the book of the same name by John Marrs and is completely fictional, you may be wondering whether DNA matching is possible in real life.
The Netflix series follows Rebecca Webb (Hannah Ware), who along with her business partner James Whiting (Dimitri Leonidas) discovers a way to match people with their one true soulmate using DNA. Webb’s company, MatchDNA, claims that all a person has to do is mail in a strand of their hair in order to be connected with someone they are genetically guaranteed to fall in love with.
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Whether DNA matching works or not, there are multiple dating websites that say they use genetics to match people up with potential romantic partners. Some examples are DNA Romance, Gene Partner, and a startup called Pheramor. (Pheramor has gone out of business, according to this report.)
Hannah Ware as Rebecca Webb in The One, courtesy of Netflix
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The series had an interesting premise. The cat and mouse feel of the series gives it great tension. But frankly, I can’t see how they’ll draw it out base a couple of seasons. If they do, it will morph into something else, I fear.
Now, the problem is of course the idea of “love at first sight” or the perfect DNA match where you meet this person and there’s an instant connection that lasts forever.
Nah. Doesn’t work that way. It ignores the fact that even in cultures of arranged marriages, love can exist. It happens when people make a decision.
I think of the song “Do You Love Me?” between Tevye and Golda in “Fiddler on the Roof.” I’ll take that kind of love any day. Love as commitment, loyalty, and allegiance.