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multigraincracker

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Sat Nov 26, 2022, 08:00 AM Nov 2022

Her mother was also her uncle, DNA test. [View all]

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/11/25/Her-Mother-is-Also-Her-Uncle/

A young girl underwent a DNA test to establish her paternity. The results that came back were so confusing that the science director of the genetic institute in Colombia, Juan Yunis, assumed the sample was contaminated and ordered the test done again. But the results were the same. Some parts of her genome excluded her mother as a parent, while others excluded her assumed father. Further tests found that the child's mother had XY chromosomes in her blood, which indicate a genetic male.

Further research showed that the girl's assumed father was, in fact, her biological father, but only when the mother's DNA was excluded. That drew Yunis' attention to more thoroughly test the mother. The mother had XY chromosomes in her blood and saliva, but her hair and cheek cells had XX chromosomes. Parts of the daughter's genome matched each kind of her mother's mismatched DNA. The daughter had inherited some DNA from her mother which originally belonged to her mother's fraternal twin brother, who was never born. That makes the mother a chimera, the result of an embryo that had absorbed and incorporated cells from a twin who had vanished before anyone knew he had existed. Read the convoluted way this all came about, and how it was found, at Grid. -via Digg
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Her mother was also her uncle, DNA test. [View all] multigraincracker Nov 2022 OP
Yikes! Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #1
The more we know... multigraincracker Nov 2022 #3
The more we know, the smarter we get - if we're willing to learn. NullTuples Nov 2022 #26
CSI did an episode about a Chimera. Siwsan Nov 2022 #2
If all else fails, get a sperm sample. eppur_se_muova Nov 2022 #34
I think I remember that episode LostOne4Ever Nov 2022 #44
That could be. It was SO long ago. Siwsan Nov 2022 #51
How fascinating! I read all the links and was mesmerized the whole time. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2022 #4
I posted a study here once that posited a person that is trans could very well have two sets Maraya1969 Nov 2022 #5
i thought only identical twins did that. mopinko Nov 2022 #11
Not according to that study. And it makes sense since it is harder to carry 2 fetuses to term than Maraya1969 Nov 2022 #12
i guess i just assumed. mopinko Nov 2022 #13
Exactly Rebl2 Nov 2022 #17
The "point back" article at Neatorama... MiHale Nov 2022 #6
Wow, just WOW!! Ferrets are Cool Nov 2022 #7
Men with klinefelters are xxy. Wonder how their tests read? GPV Nov 2022 #8
KNR and bookmarking. For later. niyad Nov 2022 #9
You would think that evidence like this would move those bigoted fools to change their thinking. halfulglas Nov 2022 #10
Generally markodochartaigh Nov 2022 #21
Even without the evidence, they could emulate their supposed role model AdamGG Nov 2022 #50
Very interesting and informative. ananda Nov 2022 #14
Genetics are messy. Chimerism. Rare, but it happens. paleotn Nov 2022 #15
Bone marrow transplant may change dna? keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #16
Yup GB_RN Nov 2022 #18
Bone marrow transplant was my first thought LeftInTX Nov 2022 #19
As does getting pregnant. NullTuples Nov 2022 #42
an acquaintance had a bone marrow transplant imavoter Nov 2022 #43
Which bathroom do Republicans want her to use???? Gruenemann Nov 2022 #20
fascinating. thanks so much for posting. stopdiggin Nov 2022 #22
some cats are natural chimeras DBoon Nov 2022 #23
It can also be found in birds catchnrelease Nov 2022 #28
The Dwight Schrute Strategy Sky Jewels Nov 2022 #24
Not unheard of, but nobody looked prior to maybe a decade ago. NullTuples Nov 2022 #25
That's happened in the U.S., too (the mother was charged with fraud) Rocknation Nov 2022 #27
The study of chimeras is fascinating Hekate Nov 2022 #29
Wow! That's an episode of Las Vegas CSI I missed. Martin68 Nov 2022 #30
God created a man and a woman... multigraincracker Nov 2022 #31
I've always found that part of Genesis fascinating, since the assumption is... NullTuples Nov 2022 #40
Eve was the first transgender. Originally 100% male. keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #45
Consider this: NullTuples Nov 2022 #49
nothing in the real world is black and white Kali Nov 2022 #32
Binaries are for the most part, a human construct to simplify a complex world. NullTuples Nov 2022 #41
oh, wow... you have really given me some food for thought! slightlv Nov 2022 #33
Kickin' Faux pas Nov 2022 #35
Yes sexuality is more complicated than Repacks burrowowl Nov 2022 #36
A target rich environment for the GOP hate machine. Marcuse Nov 2022 #37
tonight ....on maury povich dembotoz Nov 2022 #38
I'm not sure Marjorie Taylor Green would be fine with this information being released... SKKY Nov 2022 #39
Yowsa! marble falls Nov 2022 #46
when i was a kid + my mom was working st getting a med records degree she had an old book about DNA- pansypoo53219 Nov 2022 #47
Families can be complicated cbabe Nov 2022 #48
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