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Knowing your family tree could cost you your privacy

Close up of nurses hands holding buccal cotton swab and test tube ready to collect DNA from the cells.Dusan Petkovic/Shutterstock

If you’ve ever had your DNA analyzed by a genealogy service, there’s a possibility that your DNA profile could be used against you in a criminal investigation. That’s how the FBI was finally able to solve the cold case of the Golden State Killer: With the help of DNA results the FBI acquired from GEDMatch, a Lake Worth, Florida-based genealogy site. Read on for 11 more fascinating facts you never knew about the FBI.

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