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It must be the luck of the Irish! A 61-year-old professor born in Phoenix, Arizona, believes he is the first person to gain Irish citizenship solely based on the results of a DNA test, the Irish Times ...

(NEW YORK) — Two twin strangers from Ireland — who never knew the other existed until two months ago — recently took a DNA test to find out if they were related. The results “absolutely surprised” the ...

(CNN) — John Portmann, a professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, was born as Thomas James Delehanty – a fact he didn’t know until a few years ago. He also didn’t know his ...

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