Watching Brief: Twins Get 'Mystifying' Results from DNA Ancestry Kits - Jan 2019
Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.
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Twins get some ‘mystifying’ results when they put 5 DNA ancestry kits to the test:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/dna-ancestry-kits-twins-marketplace-1.4980976?fbclid=IwAR2qaS6ir83P8vC15swmb32fCnq-mjvyLDvxOcysB-IhR1xXUhYZkcSmswk
One Of The Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBI:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/family-tree-dna-fbi-investigative-genealogy-privacy?fbclid=IwAR3ZIwtlwqwO9B5nKp8BJmoBTtVyXfePFiDESDfQyapnVzPnbg525DLC4Yw
NHS to sell DNA tests to healthy people in push to find new treatments:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/26/nhs-to-sell-dna-tests-to-healthy-people-in-push-to-find-new-treatments?fbclid=IwAR3kuuUmh19DAk2MAOv66iXghIKu5GncQ5lvuov5MTIeumpkT3OPSjRGXfk