DNA Testing Tracks Ancestors and Killers

Show: CBS This Morning 

Air date: 10/12/18

Anchor: Vlad Duthiers 

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   A NEW STUDY FINDS ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF AMERICANS OF EUROPEAN DESCENT CAN BE IDENTIFIED USING CONSUMER GENETIC DATABASES LIKE ANCESTRY- DOT- COM.
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   THAT'S EVEN IF THEY'VE *NEVER* UNDERGONE D-N-A- TESTING THEMSELVES, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN BE IDENTIFIED VIA DISTANT RELATIVES.
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   RESEARCHERS PREDICT THIS PERCENTAGE WILL RISE WITHIN YEARS.
   THE FINDINGS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL "SCIENCE".
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   POLICE USED THIS TYPE OF DATABASE TO TRACK DOWN A SERIAL MURDER SUSPECT KNOWN AS THE "GOLDEN STATE KILLER" EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
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