NPR : Police Use DNA to Track Suspects Through FamilyFirst Faved : Dec 16 2007 by mohitFaved : 1 time with noteViewed : 2 timesFave It!
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Family members have similar DNA. As such, you can use DNA to identify a suspect even if the suspect doesn't volunteer his/her own sample.
Quoted: Law-enforcement investigators regularly use partial DNA matches to track down criminal suspects through family members who are already in a DNA databank. But critics say such genetic matches go against the notion that a person's DNA is inherently private.
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