12/27/2024
How can it be Friday already, I almost missed our Friday Funnies. We do a lot of DNA testing at our clinics, and I lot of folks get what we do confused. For instance, we had a lady call and wanted a single strand of hair tested…. Well, I have TONS of questions, and she was annoyed that I was asking. First off, I need to know WAY more about what is going on. She stated that she thinks someone broke into her house and left a single strand of hair on her stove like a calling card that they were there. Well, my first thoughts are that could be anyone’s hair, mailman, handyman, dog, cat, or even hers. Even if we could test a single strand of hair what would we compare that DNA too?? She got super snotty and said aren’t their databases for that type of thing, like I was an idiot. Well yes there are but it’s called CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) and if you think we have the same “clearance” as the FBI you are sorely mistaken. She again got upset with me and said don’t you have access to that 23 and Me DNA. Again no, that is a private company, and we cannot get a warrant to access that info, we are not the cops. Unfortunately, not everything is as you see on TV and we are not CSI we are more of the “you are not the father type of DNA”, but if we were man, we would have way better Friday Funnies to tell you. Happy Friday!