DNA of relative indicts man, cuckolding ignored

Major Variola (ret) mv at cdc.gov
Mon Jul 7 05:14:26 PDT 2003


At 11:58 AM 7/7/03 +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
>Major Variola (ret.) wrote:
>> So the possibility of indicting a cuckolded man on the basis
>> of nominal (only) relatives is quite real.
>
>Only he was convicted because he confessed.

Yes, of course, in this *particular* case.  Which is irrelevent.

The point is that there are undiscussed evidentiary problems using
relatives' DNA,
hinging on the assumption that "blood relatives actually share blood",
in layspeak.





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