I heard two views of this recently. One from Turi King - who helped identify Richard III.
She said that the innocent DNA was on an open DNA website - where individuals upload DNA to be freely available.
The other was on a "worry how much data is collected" programme where the cops had the warrant and forced Ancestry to hand over the goods.
I suppose the interesting stage is whether the owner of the innocent DNA knows what is going on.
I could buy a dozen kits for my friends and use my email addresses to manage them. It might take a bit of digging to discover their identity.
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