familial DNA

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Noun

familial DNA (uncountable)

  1. (forensic science, genealogy) The DNA of a family relative.
    • 2015 October, Brendan I. Koerner, “Family Ties: Your Relatives' DNA Could Turn You Into a Suspect”, in Wired, page 36:
      Detectives had focused on Usry after running a familial DNA search, a technique that allows investigators to identify suspects who don't have DNA in a law enforcement database but whose close relatives have had their genetic profiles cataloged.

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