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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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