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Gisele Grayson, NPR

Mi abuela era italiana ¿Por qué no tengo genes italianos?

By Gisele Grayson, NPR January 29, 2018

Expertos explican por qué las pruebas de ADN para conocer la ascendencia a veces no reflejan exactamente lo que se conoce del árbol genealógico familiar.

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My Grandmother Was Italian. Why Aren’t My Genes Italian?

By Gisele Grayson, NPR January 29, 2018

Popular DNA ancestry tests don’t always find what people expect. That is because of how DNA rearranges itself when egg meets sperm — and the quirks of genetic databases.

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