Your DNA could be hiding a killer family secret

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October 17 2021 - 5:30am
ACT police search for human remains. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
ACT police search for human remains. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

All around Australia people are spitting into tubes and scraping the inside of their cheeks to extract a small DNA sample, sending off those samples to commercial genealogy laboratories and paying around $130 to find out their ancestry or find their relatives.

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Peter Brewer

Reporter

Telling the truth and holding agencies accountable must matter to us all. It's also important to tell the story well, and factually. Contact me at peter.brewer@canberratimes.com.au