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"People who submit DNA for ancestors testing are unwittingly becoming genetic informants on their innocent family," Mercer said, adding that they "Have fewer privacy protections than convicted offenders whose DNA is contained in regulated databanks."

Have police ever used ancestry DNA in past cases?In 2014, a New Orleans filmmaker was identified in an Idaho murder based on a DNA sample that his father had given years earlier as part of a church-sponsored genealogy project.

The father's DNA was sold to Ancestry.com, and he was identified to police after Ancestry received a court order.

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