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Home secretary apologises for immigrant DNA tests
« on: Thursday 25 October 18 13:24 BST (UK) »
A topical news story.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45979359

It is ironic that most people on RC would jump at the chance for a free test. (I know these in the article are for ethnicity reasons, but, bearing in mind the unreliability of them, it is again ironic that people have been forced to have one.) (No political comment intended nor inferred!)

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Re: Home secretary apologises for immigrant DNA tests
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 25 October 18 16:55 BST (UK) »
Interesting. Doesn't say exactly what they were looking for in the DNA testing. The inference is that they were looking at ethnicity, as we all know that is the least reliable!!

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Re: Home secretary apologises for immigrant DNA tests
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 25 October 18 17:41 BST (UK) »
From the snippet I heard, it sounded like they were trying to prove a connection with someone already living in the UK. I don't think ethnicity came into it   :-\
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Re: Home secretary apologises for immigrant DNA tests
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 25 October 18 18:25 BST (UK) »
Quote from: mike175 on Thursday 25 October 18 17:41 BST (UK)
From the snippet I heard, it sounded like they were trying to prove a connection with someone already living in the UK. I don't think ethnicity came into it   :-\

Yes when I saw an item on this on BBC news this afternoon it was explained it was to try to detect a familial connection and no mention about ethnicity analysis at all
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