Man secretly DNA tests brother’s child and accidentally exposes a family secret: ‘I bought a DNA test kit and swabbed Leo while I was babysitting’

DNA testing is an incredibly useful technology. It gives us the power to be more informed about our medical history, our genetic makeup, and where we come from. It’s something that we didn’t have access to 100 years ago, but we do now. So like any new(ish) technology, we’re still figuring out how to use …
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23 23andMe Memes for People Who Should Have Left Their Ancestry Alone

We humans have an unexplainable urge to uncover the mysteries of our past. So it made total sense that companies stepped right in to shake things up—literally and figuratively. A few years ago, the world was obsessed with ancestry DNA services. Everyone was eager to spit into a tube, send it off, and await the …
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‘We’re 5th cousins’: The strange family secrets uncovered by DNA testing

Just took a DNA test turns out I’m 100%… married to my 5th cousin. Whoops! This is exactly the kind of thing that you dread finding out when you take one of those mail-in DNA test kits. I, for one, am too scared to do it for fear that I’m carrying some unknown, dormant disease. …
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14 Ancestry Memes That Poke Fun At Stereotypes

It seems like right now everyone’s on that DNA-testing kick to find out exactly where their ancestors really came from. While the results can certainly be super interesting, there’s always that one white guy who can’t wait to tell absolutely everyone that he’s .0003% African. And finally, we know that stereotypes generally aren’t cool, but …
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Dank Ancestry Memes Poke Fun At Stereotypes

It seems like right now everyone’s on that DNA-testing kick to find out exactly where their ancestors really came from. While the results can certainly be super interesting, there’s always that one white guy who can’t wait to tell absolutely everyone that he’s .0003% African. And finally, we know that stereotypes generally aren’t cool, but we …
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