By Julia Morris, University of Sheffield

Over the past two decades, the sale of commercial genetic ancestry tests has steadily increased. Celebrities such as Demi Lovato, Oprah Winfrey and Meryl Streep have used them to trace their ancestry and publicly shared their results. This, and no doubt, personal curiosity; has served to catalyse a recent boost in popularity.

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