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Posted on 03/03/03

The double helix as storyteller and detective

They get at least three angry and bewildered calls each day from people around the world who asked to be told the secrets in their blood and then cannot believe the answers returned. One client is now retracing his family roots after learning his blood reveals a 17-per-cent African ancestry that his parents cannot explain. Another customer is wondering whether he knew his real father, since his test told him he was 27 per cent native American but his mother denied it on her deathbed.

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