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DNA databases and the royal family

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lucky45 · 20/08/2026 22:21

I’ve been listening to the podcast “ The Gift” each episode is about unexpected revelations from at home DNA tests. The name is due to how these tests are given casually as Christmas/ birthday presents but can have huge and family wide impacts. The start of every episode says that secrets of parentage will always come out now, whether a child is adopted, raised by a father that isn’t a genetic parent, born of an affair etc
Anyway while pondering these revelations I remembered a school friend whose Dad looked incredibly like Prince Charles, I looked up his Facebook and he still does and there’s that look in his daughter too. At the time 30 years ago he told me jokingly there was a family rumour that his grandmother had worked in a role that brought her into contact with Prince Phillip.
I wondered if Royal DNA is heavily protected because of this sort of situation, I can’t imagine they could go on ancestry and find Beatrice as a half cousin, but surely at some point with so many people doing these tests , someone maybe able to draw a line to possible royal blood. I just found it interesting to think how so many families turned out to have secrets but for the royals, will they be able to control this new data?

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user1492757084 · 21/08/2026 01:20

Plenty of plebs related to royalty. DNA connections don't make you King or usurp someone's position in life.
Truth and accuracy need to remain in DNA for it to be trustworthy. There is no point to a blanket rule for royals.
They, like anyone, can stay anonymous by choice.

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