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The Ties That Bind; Handy genetic-testing kits have ordinary folks seeking out distant ancestors, and scientists looking for mankind's.
Byline: Claudia Kalb (With Karen Springen, Mary Carmichael and Karen Macgregor in Durban, South Africa)
Our blood holds the secrets to who we are. Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical; we are far more similar than diverse. But that tiny 0.1 percent difference reveals clues to our ancestries. In recent years, as companies have sprung up claiming to trace one's background through genetic testing, tens of thousands of people have swabbed their cheeks and mailed in their DNA to discover more about where they came from. Far-flung cousins are finding each other; family legends are being overturned. Six years ago the term "genetic genealogy" was meaningless, says ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The Ties That Bind; Handy genetic-testing kits have ordinary folks...