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Why You Can't Tell Your Race From A DNA Test

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Insights on Ancestry Testing

Ancestry testing provides important connections to history and genealogy, but it primarily offers genetic similarity, not a complete picture of one's ancestry. It can provide valuable information about certain diseases, but it does not define a person's identity or family. Ancestry testing results are influenced by the companies' ongoing updates to their reference populations, leading to changes in reported genetic origins over time.

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