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Why your family tree isn’t written in your DNA

CrowdScience

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Genetic material is lost as it passes down the generations; we don’t inherit DNA from all our ancestors. So as we go back through time, our actual family tree and our genetic family tree diverge. (Image: A family on a hillside with a tree in the background Credit: Getty Images)

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