How Accurate are At-Home DNA Testing Kits?
This week we explore, “How accurate are at-home DNA testing kits?” You’ve heard it a million times. You co-worker is 17% Norwegian. Your 7th cousin is 5% Moroccan. But what does that really mean? Is it all some hokey-pokey?
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