On: Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area Rapist case

[txsh]

There are other downsides, too.

I have a cousin who found out, in his 50s, after his mother and father had passed away, that he was not related to anybody in our family. It crushed him.

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My family found an estranged relative from a one off affair in another country through Ancestry's "probably related" tool. It was an incredible experience.

[adenadel → txsh]

Sample mixups and other mistakes can happen. I know of cases where family history could become exposed through these tests, but if you get results that are unexpected it's worth some follow up to be sure.

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https://www.vox.com/2014/9/9/5975653/with-genetic-testing-i-...

This guy gave his parents the gift of divorce.

[nasredin → frogpelt]

Ugh.

The guy has a PhD but writes like a BuzzFeed writer.

Unreadable.

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There's something said about making material accessible to the "everyman" if you want your material to be widely accessed.

[elgenie → nasredin]

(as told to Julia Belluz) means that he didn't write it himself despite the use of first person.

[xbeta → txsh]

But the DNA matching is just revealing the facts though which is true. Emotionally it is hard, but it's just revealing a fact.