How can two siblings with the same parents get different ethnicity results? @myheritage
How can two siblings with the same parents get different ethnicity results?  @myheritage
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This simple demonstration uses colored candies to show how DNA is randomly passed down from parents to children. Even full siblings inherit different combinations of DNA, which can lead to different ethnicities appearing in their results.

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How can two siblings with the same parents get different ethnicity results?

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