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Consumer genetic testing firms may not be able to block police access to data

Tina Saey | 
The GEDMatch decision to give police access to its data in the assault case — made without informing the database’s ...
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Who’s your daddy (or mommy)? What’s the chance you inherited DNA from Caligula, Genghis Khan or Henry I?

Lynn Kozlowski | 
Genealogy is the second most popular hobby in the United States ...
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Why the results of your genetic ancestry test will change over time

Damian Garde | 
23andMe caused Leonard Kim not one identity crisis but two. The first came in 2016, when Kim, who was raised ...
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Genetic genealogy leads to arrest in 1972 Washington killing

Eric Levenson, Natasha Chen | 
Thanks to the same DNA technology that caught the Golden State Killer suspect, authorities in Washington state arrested a 77-year-old ...
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Why genealogy tests will ‘send a lot more people to jail’ in 2019

Megan Molteni | 
In April [2018], a citizen scientist named Barbara Rae-Venter used a little-known genealogy website called GEDMatch to help investigators find a man ...
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Who’s your (ancestral) daddy? Family tree genetics might link everyone to King David

Meredith Knight | 
Companies claiming to pinpoint your ancestral village of origin or relationship with famous historical figures are likely telling you the ...
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