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My match says "child" but I don't have any children (or my children haven't tested). Is this a mistake?

Updated over a week ago

Our system displays "child or parent" as a relationship label when two people share about 50% of their DNA. It could easily be a parent rather than a child. If you click on the label, you should see other possible relationships listed.

In some cases, unexpected parent/child matches can appear if either person uploaded a file from a provider that uses imputation (like Nebula or some WGS services). Imputed files can create false close matches. If you think a match is wrong, contact us and we'll investigate.

If you have a Genomelink account, go to genomelink.io/profile/contact and contact us from the form β€” we can help faster by checking your account log.

If you're a new user without an account yet, email us at info@genomelink.io.

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