Your father is not your father

Genetic tests are seen as harmless fun. But the secrets they can reveal can split families and leave users traumatised. The first surprise of Michèle’s DNA test was how much saliva it took. “It was daunting. It took us, like, 20 minutes. And the more we laughed, the...

When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity

It was Ancestry DNA’s customer-service rep who had to break the news to Catherine St Clair. For her part, St Clair thought she was inquiring about a technical glitch. Her brother—the brother who along with three other siblings had gifted her the DNA test for her...