ancestry

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Instead of processing it on CODIS, they used another part of the DNA to search for potential relatives of the unknown killer in ancestry databases.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The reintroduction follows a "back-breeding" programme launched in 2017 after scientists discovered tortoises carrying ancestry of the Floreana giant tortoise on nearby Isabela island.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

He played at the field hockey World Cup for his native South Africa, but holds an Italian passport now through his ancestry.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Published in Nature, the study sheds new light on African populations that lived close to the evolutionary branch leading to Homo sapiens and helps clarify the shared ancestry of H. sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

But an analysis of DNA cannot tell anyone they are part of a specific nation, and simply having Native ancestry does not give them authority to speak as a Native person.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz