Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
_Finding Your Roots_ lead genetic genealogist CeCe Moore joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about genealogy. Can a person’s innocence or guilt be proven through Ancestry.com? What cases have been solved with the help of genetic genealogy? How do the police find someone from a DNA sample? Answers to these questions and many more await on Genealogy Support.
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#DNA #Genetics #Genealogy
00:00 - Genealogy Support
00:11 - Mama Said Knock You Out
00:47 - A family tree with some shady spots
01:47 - Your Honor, I’m genetically innocent
03:10 - Luke, I’m not your father
04:21 - Genealogy: Where the answer to one problem leads to two more
05:08 - You can run, but you can’t hide your base pairs
05:59 - The circle of life
07:21 - Icelandic family trees are deep-rooted
08:55 - Ethnicity ❌ Biolographical ancestry ✅
09:54 - In the end, it’s all relative
10:30 - I got, I got, I got, I got—loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
11:26 - Somewhere between 30 minutes and 8 years
12:11 - I get my humor from a subset of my ancestors
13:12 - DNAmaxxing
13:48 - Chromosomes never lie, they always align
15:05 - My first cousin gets his looks from my 12.5%
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_Finding Your Roots_ lead genetic genealogist CeCe Moore joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about genealogy. Can a person’s innocence or guilt be proven through Ancestry.com? What cases have been solved with the help of genetic genealogy? How do the police find someone from a DNA sample? Answers to these questions and many more await on Genealogy Support.
WIRED recommends:
youtu.be/C3T_IaIGQxo
youtu.be/HdwzJLTLFqc
youtu.be/qPKHna_P9zE
Watch more from WIRED | Tech Support: youtube.com/show/VLPLibNZv5Zd0dwIx8baZGDdkoPNg6LHAPDi?sbp=QAE%3D
_Stream the latest season of Finding Your Roots with PBS Passport, the PBS app, or on PBS.org now._
#DNA #Genetics #Genealogy
00:00 - Genealogy Support
00:11 - Mama Said Knock You Out
00:47 - A family tree with some shady spots
01:47 - Your Honor, I’m genetically innocent
03:10 - Luke, I’m not your father
04:21 - Genealogy: Where the answer to one problem leads to two more
05:08 - You can run, but you can’t hide your base pairs
05:59 - The circle of life
07:21 - Icelandic family trees are deep-rooted
08:55 - Ethnicity ❌ Biolographical ancestry ✅
09:54 - In the end, it’s all relative
10:30 - I got, I got, I got, I got—loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
11:26 - Somewhere between 30 minutes and 8 years
12:11 - I get my humor from a subset of my ancestors
13:12 - DNAmaxxing
13:48 - Chromosomes never lie, they always align
15:05 - My first cousin gets his looks from my 12.5%
Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7
Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc
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