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Re:One of the Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Worki... by jimnotgym on Friday February 01, 2019 @05:47PM (#19059523)
Which is why DNA and fingerprint evidence is so valuable as corroborating evidence (person x dna was at the scene and their car was seen at the area), and so hopeless as a dragnet. If everyone in the USA was in a DNA database almost every test would show multiple matches.

Then there is the issue of transference. Person x dna found on housemate y's underwear... rape or shared washing machine?

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Re:One of the Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Worki... by pfdietz on Sunday February 03, 2019 @09:45PM (#19073584)
It wouldn't be that hard to increase the number of DNA features needed to make the chance of accidental match in the database exponentially small.
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