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Most White Americans’ DNA Can Be Identified Through Genealogy Databases – The New York Times

Most White Americans’ DNA Can Be Identified Through Genealogy Databases  The New York Times

A study found that it will soon be possible to identify the DNA of 90 percent of European Americans through cousins in genealogy databases.

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Reporter’s DNA ancestry tests ‘caught me off guard’ – The Seattle Times

Reporter’s DNA ancestry tests ‘caught me off guard’  The Seattle Times

How accurate are home DNA tests when it comes to race, ethnicity and heritage? Based on conversations I’d had with scientists, I was skeptical, so I had my …

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When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity – The Atlantic

When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity  The Atlantic

Like ​The Atlantic? Subscribe to ​The Atlantic Daily​, our free weekday email newsletter. It was AncestryDNA’s customer-*service* rep who had to break the …