From 2021, Jon Wertheim's report on China's race to collect Americans' DNA and the big-money market for the data. And from 2018, Steve Kroft's story on how genetic genealogy is being used to solve crimes.

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0:00 Intro
0:11 The Biodata Race
14:14 DNA for Sale
26:41 Genetic Genealogy
40:12 What happens after you spit in the tube?