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Bored PandacontactedTiffany Roy, the president of ForensicAid, andDr.
Dan Kraneof Forensic Bioinformatics, for more information about DNA testing and their opinion on this unique situation.
These genetic tests tell stories of the past and help us connect the dots about who we indeed are.
It is estimated that approximately21% of Americanshave taken a mail-inDNA test.
Its not without error and bias.
The accuracy is dependent on the knowledge, training and experience of each individual analyst handling the evidence.
Some are very good.
Too many are subpar.
However, he realized his youngest childs report showed 2% Congolese DNA.
We should be less confident about our understanding of the populations that that information is compared to Congolese.
More distant relatives account for smaller percentages.
We asked Tiffany Roy if she had encountered examples of people surprised by genetic testing results.
She shared that There are a number of stories about misattributed parentage.
