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by Aerroon 810 days ago
But you don't need DNA to prove it though. You have interacted with other people in the past. Parents, siblings, relatives, school mates, teachers, bosses, medical records, taxes etc.

If imperfect is fine then all of these are options too.

Not to mention... Photo id.

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Did you read the article? Clearly not. Gtfo.
I did read the article, which clearly stated that after they had sent an innocent man into a mental institution against his will a detective decided to track down the man's father. And a DNA test proved that what the innocent man said was true.

Which begs the question: why was the judge/court so incompetent/malicious that they didn't do that in the first place?