Dna tests

[bluetopper]

These DNA tests have solved many cold case rapes and murders, such as the Golden State killer. Cousins of the guilty, innocently sent in their DNA and it showed they are a close relative of the guilty party whom they already had a DNA sample of. From then it was a process of quick elimination.

 

[hittman77]

We've all got different opinions about this DNA mail order stuff.

I met my "dad" for the first time when I was age 57, along with several other half-siblings, etc.

Not entirely a bad experience. However, a lot of consideration should be put into preparing for what you may not really WANT to know. Just sayin'.

Oh, and our meeting was not the result of a DNA test.

 

[Rustyt1953]

These DNA tests have solved many cold case rapes and murders, such as the Golden State killer. Cousins of the guilty, innocently sent in their DNA and it showed they are a close relative of the guilty party whom they already had a DNA sample of. From then it was a process of quick elimination.

Recently I stumbled upon a video that caught my eye. A singer was auditioning on AGT who had been wrongfully imprisoned for 37 years. DNA cleared him.

BTW he got the Golden Buzzer. Dude could flat out sing.

 

[arjay]

I recently learned that a cousin I was close to as a kid had a son at 15 (I was 10 and had no idea)back in the 60s and was forced to put him up for adoption.We haven't been in touch in years and I'm hoping they have connected already. I'd hate to hear from a cousin searching for his mom.

 

[Golddollar]

These DNA tests have solved many cold case rapes and murders, . . . .

Probably no colder a case that the murder of the Imperial Russian royal family in 1918. DNA from the late Prince Phillip was used to identify long buried bodies that turned out to those of the Romanov family.

 

[sigp220.45]

DNA tests prove the old saying:

Momma's baby, Daddy's maybe.

 

[Aggie1906]

I did my DNA a few years ago. All my close matches are cousins and such that I already know. It works!
My American line goes back to the 1630s, with the usual Indian Princess story.
No matches go anywhere back that far, and no Native DNA %. Dang.
Nails the early 1800s Scotsman on my grandmothers side though.
Kinda fun, no serial killers so far.