Forensic genetic genealogists skirted GEDmatch privacy rules by searching users who explicitly opted out of sharing DNA with law enforcement.
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See article third paragraph

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Not seeing how that answers either of my questions.

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If someone blood related enters such a program, certain dna markers get on file that could lead to you. In recent years that way many unidentified dead or serial killers got identified, because someone related made such a test and the fbi database started beeping for a partial match.

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