The Curious Case of The Man With Two Sets of DNA

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Upon being called in for DNA testing, the man’s brother confessed to committing the robbery. When he was tested it was found that more than 50% of his DNA belonged to his brother, who was already in jail. If it weren’t for this case’s very specific happenings, scientists would not have been able to work through a similar case that came up just three years after this initial occurrence... 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.