How DNA Databases Help Investigators Solve Crimes; Will Clinical Laboratories Be Asked to Help?

Studies show consumer genealogy databases are much broader than is generally known. If your cousins are in such a database, it’s likely you are too Recent news stories highlighted crime investigators who used the DNA data in consumer genetic genealogy databases to solve cold cases. Though not widely known, such uses of direct-to-consumer DNA databases is becoming more commonplace, which might eventually lead to requests for clinical laboratories to assist in criminal investigations involving...
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