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Does genomics know if you’re Palestinian? A cautionary tale about genetic databases and ancestry testing

May 26, 201935 min
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Episode description

Palestinian-American cartoonist and illustrator Marguerite Dabaie thought she understood her ancestry. But then she had a genetic test and things got messy. It’s not her DNA, it’s the technology. 

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