California is sharing DNA profiles from newborn babies without consent. A new bill could force the state to publicly reveal who they're giving it to. cbsnews.com/sacramento/new…

Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe, is considering taking the company private. finance.yahoo.com/news/23andme-c… #GeneticGenealogy

Miscarriage of justice watchdog reopens 5,500 cases. CCRC reckons trawl of cases could lead to retesting ‘dozens’ of cases. APPEAL's Emily Bolton calls development ‘stunning admission' of missed opportunities. Tonight we launch #PROOF6 . thejusticegap.com/proof-launch-c…

Off to London for the launch of #Proof6 - can't wait. AND get to catch up with awesome colleagues Louise Shorter Dr Hannah Quirk and Stephanie Roberts One of those days that recharges the academic batteries (sorely needed!)

There's still time to book onto my 2-part #DNA Masterclass '𝙐𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙉𝘼 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨' hosted by Family Tree. Begins Wed 17th Apr at 7pm BST. Recordings will be available until 2nd Jun.
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I just can't imagine having a new previously unknown half-sibling popping up every six months in my AncestryDNA match list. This is the reality for many donor-conceived individuals around the world. theguardian.com/australia-news… #DonorConception

Really infuriating news, and a blow to the UKs already dismal
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infrastructure: JISC Historic Texts is being shut down.

historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk/news#2024-02-29

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The trafficked war babies of El Salvador search for their long-lost families. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

An excellent article on 'How Indigenous communities in New Zealand are protecting their data'. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #DataSovereignty #Indigenous #Maori

The New Zealand Herald has an interesting interview with statistical geneticist Bruce Weir after the death of O.J. Simpson. Weir famously made a mistake in his calculations, which defense used to argue that there was bias against Simpson in his methods.🧵
nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/…

The Board for the Certification of Genealogists in the US has announced that Thomas Jones is the first person to receive the new Certified Genetic Genealogist credential. bcgcertification.org/bcg-first-cgg-… #Accreditation

Did I mention that you can now do a one-click migration from the original 'What are the odds?' tool to the new plus version? dnapainter.com/blog/from-what…

1/ What do you think about sequencing the entire genetic code ( #genome ) of babies at birth?

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A thread based on our The BMJ paper

bmj.com/content/384/bm…

O J Simpson has died. He was controversially cleared in the 'trial of the century' despite overwhelming DNA evidence pointing to his guilt. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

Better late than never. bigcountrynewsconnection.com/news/ag-fergus… #Backlogs #LawfullyOwedDNA

Proposals for an EU Centre for Missing Children. amberalert.eu/news/missing-c…

📢New from Jordan Cahoon Charleston Chiang & co
📰Imputation accuracy across global human populations
cell.com/ajhg/abstract/…

The latest development in the Kerry babies case. independent.ie/podcasts/the-i… #KerryBabies