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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by thaumasiotes on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:31PM (#22134504)
A parent/child relationship is crystal clear in the genetic data (barring the case where what you're actually seeing is an aunt or uncle and the child of their identical twin).

And I'm pretty sure paternity tests have a lot of precedent in US courts.

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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by tareqak on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:47AM (#22137614)
Do you mean chimeralism [0][1]?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)#Humans

[1] https://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=2315693

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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by thaumasiotes on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:00AM (#22138275)
No, I mean that your identical twin's child will appear to be your child under a genetic test, for the obvious reason that you and your identical twin have the same genetics.
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