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[โ€“] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

with big enough database you simple have every single person in it. that still doesn't back up the quote i disputed in any way. can you find source of the quote? i'd be interested to see the original.

[โ€“] fishos@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

They caught the Bay Area Strangler(or whatever his title was) by finding a dna relative match on one of these services and using that to narrow down suspects. DNA can absolutely be used to narrow things down without just having a direct 1:1 match saying it's THAT person.