Michael Regilio

Yeah, here's the thing, Jordan. You could never take a genetic test and your genetic info could still get out there. How? How is that possible? Because you're not the only one walking around with this hereditary data in your cells. Everyone you're related to has the same info to varying degrees.

Yeah, here's the thing, Jordan. You could never take a genetic test and your genetic info could still get out there. How? How is that possible? Because you're not the only one walking around with this hereditary data in your cells. Everyone you're related to has the same info to varying degrees.

Yeah, here's the thing, Jordan. You could never take a genetic test and your genetic info could still get out there. How? How is that possible? Because you're not the only one walking around with this hereditary data in your cells. Everyone you're related to has the same info to varying degrees.

Yeah, or how about a sibling who has the exact same two parents and therefore the exact same hereditary information? You can learn a lot about someone by studying relatives' DNA. Just ask the Golden State Killer. That's how they nabbed him. They found a close relative of his through a genetic database and found him almost immediately.

Yeah, or how about a sibling who has the exact same two parents and therefore the exact same hereditary information? You can learn a lot about someone by studying relatives' DNA. Just ask the Golden State Killer. That's how they nabbed him. They found a close relative of his through a genetic database and found him almost immediately.

Yeah, or how about a sibling who has the exact same two parents and therefore the exact same hereditary information? You can learn a lot about someone by studying relatives' DNA. Just ask the Golden State Killer. That's how they nabbed him. They found a close relative of his through a genetic database and found him almost immediately.

Yeah. In fact, prospective employers might also like to know who they're about to offer the big job to. Is he a notorious most wanted serial killer or not? Or just is he going to get really sick in the next couple of years and maybe he's not the guy to give the job to? This is scary stuff. It's almost like having a crystal ball. It's definitely not something that you want out there in the world.

Yeah. In fact, prospective employers might also like to know who they're about to offer the big job to. Is he a notorious most wanted serial killer or not? Or just is he going to get really sick in the next couple of years and maybe he's not the guy to give the job to? This is scary stuff. It's almost like having a crystal ball. It's definitely not something that you want out there in the world.

Yeah. In fact, prospective employers might also like to know who they're about to offer the big job to. Is he a notorious most wanted serial killer or not? Or just is he going to get really sick in the next couple of years and maybe he's not the guy to give the job to? This is scary stuff. It's almost like having a crystal ball. It's definitely not something that you want out there in the world.

It is private information. So brave slash weird new world. Brave old world, too, because genealogists can now trace our earliest ancestors diaspora from Africa to the furthest corners of the world. Turns out that we didn't need written records of the ancient past. The story of the human species is written in our DNA. That's how scientists discovered mitochondrial Eve.

It is private information. So brave slash weird new world. Brave old world, too, because genealogists can now trace our earliest ancestors diaspora from Africa to the furthest corners of the world. Turns out that we didn't need written records of the ancient past. The story of the human species is written in our DNA. That's how scientists discovered mitochondrial Eve.

It is private information. So brave slash weird new world. Brave old world, too, because genealogists can now trace our earliest ancestors diaspora from Africa to the furthest corners of the world. Turns out that we didn't need written records of the ancient past. The story of the human species is written in our DNA. That's how scientists discovered mitochondrial Eve.

I love that joke. Mitochondrial Eve refers to the most recent common ancestor of all living humans traced through maternal lineage. A single woman estimated to have lived in Africa around 200,000 years ago. And because mitochondria is only passed through the mother, we can trace everyone's existence back to this one woman.

I love that joke. Mitochondrial Eve refers to the most recent common ancestor of all living humans traced through maternal lineage. A single woman estimated to have lived in Africa around 200,000 years ago. And because mitochondria is only passed through the mother, we can trace everyone's existence back to this one woman.

I love that joke. Mitochondrial Eve refers to the most recent common ancestor of all living humans traced through maternal lineage. A single woman estimated to have lived in Africa around 200,000 years ago. And because mitochondria is only passed through the mother, we can trace everyone's existence back to this one woman.

See, it's even written in the DNA of our hominid brothers and sisters that didn't make it. So I was going to make a joke about dump poor 40 out. Okay, never mind.

See, it's even written in the DNA of our hominid brothers and sisters that didn't make it. So I was going to make a joke about dump poor 40 out. Okay, never mind.

See, it's even written in the DNA of our hominid brothers and sisters that didn't make it. So I was going to make a joke about dump poor 40 out. Okay, never mind.

But that's because scientists have mapped the DNA of Neanderthals with one sample taken from a 38,000 year old Neanderthal in Croatia. And great, great, great grandma may not have kissed and told, but the DNA doesn't lie. Humans and Neanderthals bred with each other around 65,000 years ago.

But that's because scientists have mapped the DNA of Neanderthals with one sample taken from a 38,000 year old Neanderthal in Croatia. And great, great, great grandma may not have kissed and told, but the DNA doesn't lie. Humans and Neanderthals bred with each other around 65,000 years ago.