Luis Armando Albino was kidnapped as a child from a park in Oakland, Calif., in 1951. Seven decades later, his niece took an online DNA test that led authorities to his home on the East Coast. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Ruth Buchanan had just left a department store in Charlotte, N.C., with a friend when she was fatally struck by a car in 1989. It was two days before New Year's Eve. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department hide caption
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This illustration picture shows a saliva collection kit for DNA testing. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
At-home DNA test kits can tell you many things. Race shouldn't be one of them
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When women get a blood test during pregnancy that looks at free-floating DNA, they expect it to tell about the health of the fetus. But the test sometimes finds signs of cancer in the mother. Isabel Seliger for NPR hide caption
A new kind of blood test can screen for many cancers — as some pregnant people learn
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Alex, at 4 years and 11 months old, throws a toy football. Caroline Cheung-Yiu hide caption
A Boy's Mysterious Illness Leads His Family On A Diagnostic Odyssey
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Mika, a pomeranian and poodle mix, ponders his genetic destiny: To test or not to test? Pearl Mak for NPR hide caption
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DNA isolated from a small sample of saliva or blood can yield information, fairly inexpensively, about a person's relative risk of developing dozens of diseases or medical conditions. GIPhotoStock/Cultura RF/Getty Images hide caption
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A 36-year-old woman who had her DNA tested by Ancestry.com says she was shocked to learn that her biological father was her parents' fertility doctor. Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images hide caption
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As mother and daughter, Carmen and Gisele Grayson thought their DNA ancestry tests would be very similar. Boy were they surprised. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
My Grandmother Was Italian. Why Aren't My Genes Italian?
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The Boston-based company Orig3n has been offering free genetic testing at pro sports games. Douglas Levy for NPR hide caption
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Would You Want To Know The Secrets Hidden In Your Baby's Genes?
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Czar Nicholas II is shown with his family in the 1910s. All were executed shortly after the 1917 Russian Revolution. Remains of the czar, his wife, Alexandra (top right) and their children — Olga (from left), Maria, Anastasia, Alexei and Tatiana — have all been identified. Now the Russian Orthodox Church has ordered new DNA tests to confirm the identities of Maria and Alexei. Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images hide caption
Will DNA Tests Finally Settle Controversy Surrounding Russia's Last Czars?
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A diver swims in a kelp forest in California's Channel Island National Park, where several of the state's marine protected areas are located. National Park Service hide caption
In California's Protected Waters, Counting Fish Without Getting Wet
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A Maasai boy and his dog, near the skeleton of an elephant killed by poachers outside of Arusha, Tanzania, in 2013. Jason Straziuso/AP hide caption
DNA Tracking Of Ivory Helps Biologists Find Poaching Hotspots
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Edwin Hopkins with his mother, Alice, and father, Frank Jr. Hopkins was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, but his remains never were identified. Courtesy Tom Gray hide caption