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by johnjhayes 4480 days ago
>>As I understood it, the "ashes" you receive post-cremation are actually the ground remains of bones from all cremations that took place that day

While that is, unfortunately, pretty common for pet cremations it not supposed to be that way for humans.

http://caringcremations.com/frequently-asked-questions-crema...

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Does it really matter, though? Even if they were more carefully selected, the ashes would still contain lots of atoms from other sources and lack lots of atoms.