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This does not seem true? Even if the complete genome of my mother and father is known, there is still a lot of uncertainty left.
by petters 5y ago
This does not seem true? Even if the complete genome of my mother and father is known, there is still a lot of uncertainty left.
- sllabres 5y agoIsn't that quite similar to help solving cold cases as example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo On April 24, 2018, authorities charged 72-year-old DeAngelo with eight counts of first-degree murder, based upon DNA evidence; investigators had identified members of DeAngelo's family through forensic genetic genealogy.
- petters 5y agoYou don't have to reconstruct the genome in order to prove relationships or find a person.
- russdill 5y agoLets say there's some rare genetic disorder, only a few hundreds of a percent of the population has it. If someone knows that your mother or father has it, you now don't have a few hundreds of a percent chance of having it. Depending on the disorder you having it might just be a cointoss.