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Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by fixermark on Friday April 27, 2018 @09:31AM (#16940619)
Right, but the issues with using geneology-resolution DNA to match a specific individual are already understood---you yourself have highlighted them.

A defendant is one expert witness away from undermining a case that relies on that low of a resolution of matching alone. In this case, that data was only used as a pointer to suggest to police that deeper scrutiny of the identified suspect was warranted.

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Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by cat199 on Friday April 27, 2018 @10:22AM (#16940928)
> A defendant is one expert witness away from undermining a case that relies on that low of a resolution of matching alone.

and an uninformed 'jury of your peers' away from a false conviction..

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