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LL Cool J’s DNA Uncovered a Hidden Family Truth

_Finding Your Roots_ lead 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…

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_Finding Your Roots_ lead 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.

#DNA #Genetics #Genealogy

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39 Comments

39 Comments

  1. @svds-b3w

    June 11, 2026 at 2:37 pm

    not ll cool j finding out his whole identity was a mystery 😭

    • @FullVyper

      June 11, 2026 at 8:00 pm

      It was on TV dipshit

  2. @jftytg

    June 11, 2026 at 2:44 pm

    imagine finding out your entire family history is basically a plot twist in a movie

  3. @pvorster8042

    June 11, 2026 at 2:54 pm

    Hate, just hate this DNA garbage.

  4. @ReaganGrace-h2k

    June 11, 2026 at 2:56 pm

    Great job, everything looks polished

  5. @mossyroots6631

    June 11, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    She just allowed to give that private information out.

    • @Ottophil

      June 11, 2026 at 3:09 pm

      Its not private

    • @Eddywap

      June 11, 2026 at 5:52 pm

      Deadass I’d be pissed if that’s me

    • @klausnaomi

      June 11, 2026 at 6:57 pm

      it was on an episode of finding your roots, it’s public knowledge

    • @haroldfrets5468

      June 11, 2026 at 9:08 pm

      I think that’s what you release once you give your DNA….

    • @mossyroots6631

      June 11, 2026 at 10:17 pm

      ​@haroldfrets5468 that unethical and should be illegal dna as a doctor’s records.

  6. @Knittwist

    June 11, 2026 at 3:58 pm

    My niece found me when she was in her late 30s. I finally got to meet her right before she turned 40.
    The interesting bit was when I had to explain why her DNA test was so odd.
    Now she knows that her mother and her father are half siblings and she can get more adequate medical care

    • @josephreber43

      June 11, 2026 at 6:12 pm

      😬

    • @okipullup..

      June 12, 2026 at 4:17 am

      FAHHHHHH

  7. @EUtravelling

    June 11, 2026 at 5:49 pm

    Wow and there is approval to speak about this very personal family matter, very tackey!

    • @jpierce3498

      June 11, 2026 at 6:09 pm

      This was not new news to the family. It was part of a popular family tree t.v. show on PBS a year or so ago

    • @nicjones7102

      June 11, 2026 at 6:24 pm

      It was all on a TV show hence why she is talking about it 😂

  8. @nicjones7102

    June 11, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Found out a month ago through DNA testing that my grandmother was not who she said she was and kind of made up an identity. We have contacted 1 new family member and are uncovering more and more.

    • @nathalyescobar2950

      June 11, 2026 at 11:08 pm

      What??? Omg keep us updated!!! I am invested

    • @Natsordinarylife

      June 11, 2026 at 11:08 pm

      What??? Omg keep us updated!!! I am invested

    • @piratemousie

      June 13, 2026 at 5:50 am

      Seriously, I’m now invested in this! If I follow you, can you post an update in the community section??

  9. @MrKeychange

    June 11, 2026 at 7:13 pm

    Has LL Cool J ever been the most interesting anything? 😂

    • @Spearca

      June 11, 2026 at 7:33 pm

      He was the most important rapper in the period between Run DMC’s second and third albums.

    • @MrKeychange

      June 12, 2026 at 11:42 am

      @Spearca haha I suppose he was.

    • @missvness730

      June 12, 2026 at 1:08 pm

      The rapper that invented the term G.O.A.T.? Who also has been a star since a teenager in the 80s and a huge part of a music genre’s foundation; pioneered in receiving accolades in that genre, and is still relevant and recognized to this day (by a larger and more diverse audience, of old and young) through his move of crossing over into acting and hosting, amongst other things?
      Sounds super boring

    • @MrKeychange

      June 12, 2026 at 3:56 pm

      @missvness730 Lonnie Ali coined the term “G.O.A.T”. Jay Smith just took credit for it. 🙂

    • @missvness730

      June 14, 2026 at 3:21 pm

      @MrKeychange with the phrase not *the acronymic moniker 🤠

  10. @haroldfrets5468

    June 11, 2026 at 8:13 pm

    That happens to a lot of people, just because it was Cool Is Mom it has to be special?!? Wth!?
    Lol

  11. @NJ-Cathie

    June 11, 2026 at 8:57 pm

    Wild!

  12. @GetFitNick

    June 11, 2026 at 9:35 pm

    For me it was finding out that almost all of the heritage my family claimed was a lie. They claimed we were Cherokee and Apache and related to famous people. All wrong

    • @maguscluster

      June 12, 2026 at 9:44 am

      Every white family in America:

  13. @gayliljaehyun

    June 11, 2026 at 10:04 pm

    why would you adopt a child and then just never tell them they’re adopted. i don’t understand this

  14. @Br4dleyBrown

    June 11, 2026 at 10:23 pm

    Test “parm beach pete” !!!

  15. @Robby43932

    June 11, 2026 at 10:34 pm

    “I ruined an entire family”

  16. @Gutan_pro

    June 12, 2026 at 4:05 am

    Im Nigerian
    Igala, i just discovered im not fully african

    Something happened in this world and we will all find out only when we live this earth

  17. @maguscluster

    June 12, 2026 at 9:43 am

    How you gonna just out Cool J like that?

  18. @DrakeShattuck

    June 12, 2026 at 10:32 am

    The greatest discovery with DNA is that when identical twins submit their DNA separately they have different results when scientifically they should be identical. All the DNA firms are just scams.

  19. @noblepenn4816

    June 13, 2026 at 2:08 am

    This clip has reminded me of the difference between genetics and genealogy 😅

  20. @anonnymowse

    June 16, 2026 at 12:34 pm

    Does it matter. She raised him because she thought she was his grandmother.

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