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To: SteveH

DNA tests don’t have positive/negative results. They have percentage matches. The level of match would indicate that a sample was from a relative and not the perpetrator. False positives are not a thing in DNA.

Contaminated samples or planted samples are though.


6 posted on 01/15/2020 7:53:06 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: Valpal1

i have no solid idea but would this not also depend on the chromosome? eg, Y chromosome (versus all chromosomes)? (Everything I know about DNA I learned from TV crime drama series, so...)


7 posted on 01/15/2020 7:56:07 PM PST by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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