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Computational geneticist Yaniv Erlich helped build the world's largest family tree — comprising 13 million people and going back more than 500 years. He shares fascinating patterns that emerged from the work — about our love lives, our health, even decades-old criminal cases — and shows how crowdsourced genealogy databases can shed light not only on the past but also on the future.
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Thanks for share …!
Not possible. I can’t even view my whole family tree on Ancestory.com because my distant billionaire family members have it locked up.
I didn’t know that was a thing.
I cant wait until TED presenters advocate for genetic pre-crime arrests.
I loved that movie. LoL
Word i was like this is basically what they are getting at…yet this is America and not China?
vasudiyva kutumbakam
I’ll be honest with you, the tiktok “Famous Relative Check” was playing through my mind during this video.
genetics as family history has little value.
5:02 kerala
imagine making family trees in West Virginia. branches looping in all directions
They did a joke of 6 degrees of kevin bacon lol
Excellent use of TED. Love when I hear new things I couldn’t hear anywhere else.
What about all the aboriginals that were around on the northern a southern continents of the Americas
wow thats so cool authorities caught the perpertraitors of cold case crimes via dna – amazing – so clever
Last part was a twist.
Why would you want to spit in the tube and give all your genetic information to any company that can use it against you for hereditary reasons free pre-existing reasons people are so freaking stupid! Why do you think all these companies are collecting this information you think that they are just doing it to help you find your long lost ancestor? One day they are going to say oh Mr. we have a history of you having two beers a day or you are living a risky lifestyle and we’re not going to ensure you because your genetic background. Now you may say I’m nuts but you freaking nuts are letting them have your Geno type your blood type everything in these companies are not protected by law. These people are testing for genetic problems all Pre-existing kidney disease you name it and you’re on their list you’re freaking stupid stupid is as stupid does.
This is creepy because it is the one area of digital privacy that we have absolutely no control over if just one family member shared theirbdata.
Love seeing my obsession of genealogy being more widely recognized! Everyone should know about their family history!