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Genetic Genealogy Databases, Law Enforcement, and Privacy

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Few developments in recent years have raised more questions among genealogists than the growing use of consumer DNA databases by law enforcement…

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MyHeritage Upgrades Ethnicity Estimates: What’s New in v2.5

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On February 2, 2025, MyHeritage released the most significant overhaul of its ethnicity analysis system since the platform launched DNA testing…

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Ancestry Updates Regions

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Ancestry.com has updated the number of Regions that your DNA can be associated with — a significant change that affects how researchers interpret their ethnicity estimates…

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