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Genetic genealogist CeCe Moore joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about genealogy. Can a person’s innocence or guilt be proven through Ancestry.com? What cases have been solved with the help of genetic genealogy? How do the police find someone from a DNA sample? Answers to these questions and many more await on Genealogy…

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Genetic genealogist CeCe Moore joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about genealogy. Can a person’s innocence or guilt be proven through Ancestry.com? What cases have been solved with the help of genetic genealogy? How do the police find someone from a DNA sample? Answers to these questions and many more await on Genealogy Support.

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00:00 – Genealogy Support
00:11 – Mama Said Knock You Out
00:47 – A family tree with some shady spots
01:47 – Your Honor, I’m genetically innocent
03:10 – The reality of baby switching
04:21 – Genealogy: Where the answer to one problem leads to two more
05:08 – You can run, but you can’t hide your base pairs
05:59 – The circle of life
07:21 – Icelandic family trees are deep-rooted
08:55 – Ethnicity ❌ Biolographical ancestry ✅
09:54 – In the end, it’s all relative
10:30 – I got, I got, I got, I got—loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
11:26 – Somewhere between 30 minutes and 8 years
12:11 – I get my humor from a subset of my ancestors
13:12 – DNAmaxxing
13:48 – Chromosomes never lie, they always align
15:05 – My first cousin gets his looks from my 12.5%

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30 Comments

  1. @TheSilverFox_

    June 9, 2026 at 4:30 pm

    I would love to do one of these but you know… ‘merica…

  2. @TheSkinnyZ

    June 9, 2026 at 5:06 pm

    4:15 this is so cruel, especially considering a rich family would surely have better chances at getting a sick child the help they need.

    • @thehomeschoolinglibrarian

      June 9, 2026 at 6:21 pm

      Thankfully in developed countries this wouldn’t happen because technology would likely catch the illness before birth.

  3. @jeremymckinnon5325

    June 9, 2026 at 5:10 pm

    I wish she said which company was the best one to use to figure out youre own dna

  4. @kelvincannon3675

    June 9, 2026 at 5:22 pm

    They’ve figured-out hata read, in reverse something soo microscopic, to justify not reading what’s in plain-sight, until after the fact.

  5. @vailissocool

    June 9, 2026 at 5:24 pm

    Where are my 3 wishes?

  6. @lowbudgetmic

    June 9, 2026 at 5:29 pm

    😮😮😮❤❤ hard soft science 🧬

  7. @lakraki7916

    June 9, 2026 at 5:37 pm

    cool

  8. @SolraBizna

    June 9, 2026 at 5:54 pm

    Statements like “you might not share any DNA at all with your third cousin” confuse me. They must have a different definition of DNA sharing than me, because I’m pretty sure I share the vast majority of my DNA with any other given human. Clearly their definition of DNA sharing is more useful than mine. I wish I understood better.

  9. @clascaulfieldjr3653

    June 9, 2026 at 5:56 pm

    In 2020 on my 41st birthday I learned through a DNA ancestry site that I was conceived with a sperm donor and have around 12 half-siblings.

  10. @PiotrDzialak

    June 9, 2026 at 6:03 pm

    Nobody has asked about a multitude of cases were “genetic forensic” proved to be a total nonsense? Certainly, she must have experienced some slops in her speciality.
    Oh, “ethnicity estimate” – that’s a bull – good she answered it eloquently.

    • @thehomeschoolinglibrarian

      June 9, 2026 at 6:33 pm

      She glossed over that because technology has gotten so good they can detect such small amounts of DNA that they will identify people who may have brushed up against someone, spent time in the same taxi or ride share or a dozen other things that had nothing to do with the crime.
      Also very few people of color including Native Americans will do these DNA tests because they don’t trust the government not to use it against them and considering the history of what European powers have done I don’t blame them.

  11. @im_agine852

    June 9, 2026 at 6:06 pm

    What a beautiful woman.

  12. @DNAConsultingDetectives

    June 9, 2026 at 6:11 pm

    CeCe continues to educate us all! Great video!

  13. @glossaria2

    June 9, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    3:05 Glad to hear the larger DNA companies, at least, are still respecting the 4th and 5th amendments.

    • @HJJSL-bl8kk

      June 9, 2026 at 8:37 pm

      The USA is not the only country in the world (although that comes as a shock to the USA) and not the only country with DNA databases.

    • @glossaria2

      June 9, 2026 at 9:11 pm

      @HJJSL-bl8kk Well aware of that, thank you. I’m also aware that she’s based in the US and is talking about US law enforcement.

  14. @taren1d

    June 9, 2026 at 6:17 pm

    my dad drew a line on the bottom of all of our feet with marker when we were born and followed us the whole time 😭 i thought he was crazy

  15. @MVR2715

    June 9, 2026 at 7:22 pm

    I LOVE these❤

  16. @Charline-Dt

    June 9, 2026 at 7:25 pm

    lowkey wish this video was longer 😭 please bring her back if you’re able to 🙏🏽 ……

  17. @shmookins

    June 9, 2026 at 7:39 pm

    I have 4% Neanderthal, and 1% Denisovan DNA.

    • @HobbyHopperJoanne

      June 9, 2026 at 9:12 pm

      Most people outside sub-Saharan Africa have some of one or the other, or both.

  18. @nissan_skyline

    June 9, 2026 at 7:48 pm

    Super fascinating stuff.

  19. @ProvocativePixels

    June 9, 2026 at 7:49 pm

    Naw, 23 and me is now saying my uncle is my half brother and my cousin is half sibling. When not even that long ago they had them correctly labeled…so yeah, so much for it not being correct…

  20. @nobodyexceptme7794

    June 9, 2026 at 7:58 pm

    Maaaaaan yall folk be out here doing some sick stuff. I see why black ppl dont mess with white hospitals/doctors….stealing babies for “rich” folk….disgusting….literal demonic behavior.

  21. @danielloftusgenealogy

    June 9, 2026 at 8:13 pm

    8:08 — Irish genealogist here! In World War II, we did have census records pulped, but not all of them! It was only the case for the censuses that were taken in 1881 & 1891. Majority of 1821-1851 were burnt during the Public Record Office fire & 1861-1871 were destroyed after a bureaucratic decision by the British Government. 1901 & 1911 were intact & 1926 just released this year! 😀 Great video!

  22. @xenofiliak

    June 9, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    Anyone notice her hair resembles double helix DNA stands?

  23. @JediSimpson

    June 9, 2026 at 9:12 pm

    9:54 – That means that they are 3rd cousins. 3rd cousins on average share about 0.78125%.

  24. @ninottorracastanyes8996

    June 9, 2026 at 9:13 pm

    Not USA

  25. @RetroDanceFreak96

    June 9, 2026 at 9:21 pm

    I really want to do one of those DNA tests because one of my parents is adopted, so I don’t know much about my biological family on that side. But I’m worried about my private information being sold like what happened with 23 and me. Is there any way to do it without a massive risk to my privacy?

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