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bumberbeven t1_iygnelz wrote

Reply to comment by killakam86437 in Philadelphia police uncover name of "The Boy in the Box". Dna technology is just wow! by CQU617

A lot of police forces are now uploading dna from criminals they can’t catch, and then if it matches with close relatives they reach out to them.

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IWantAStorm t1_iyh2ahg wrote

Yeah that's the thing. People in your family can do DNA testing. I know an aunt did ours and we are a small family so no murder for me! /s

On the plus side if I was murdered and found they'd know who I was so...good news?

We still have family we've found that make no sense though. There's a family in Egypt with our same surname that are so similar looking that it's insane but unless one of them does DNA testing we won't know the connection.

And we are eastern European by what we know so we don't know who went where.

We have a very minimal last name to the point where I know only I have my name in the states so other families are odd to find, especially when the people look just like you.

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