Spit, send, and wait. In 2018, over 26 million people mailed their DNA to companies for genetic ancestry testing, mostly in the hopes of teasing out more genealogical information. But a potential dark side to this lighthearted endeavor got University of Pennsylvania sociologist Wendy Roth thinking about whether these do-it-yourself tests also fueled the idea that genes dictate race.
After spending two years compiling data from more than 800 people, she found her answer: It depends.
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