Why You Should Get Your DNA Sequenced After You Die

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Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started with Brilliant’s tutor for free and get 20% off your annual premium subscription Sometimes, death can be unexpected and unexplained. In cases of sudden unexplained death or sudden cardiac death, a molecular autopsy can reveal the cause when a regular autopsy fails. Yes, getting your DNA sequenced can still be useful /after/ you’ve passed away. Hosted by: Ceri Riley (she/her) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Shaji John, Timos Gies, Jon Coffman, Anita, Anne Herrington, Ashley Moquin, yeyette, David Johnston, Cye Stoner, Jp Lynch, Bethany Matthews, Chris Curry, J.V. Rosenbalm, Blood Doctor Kelly, Toyas Dhake, Reed Spilmann, Eric Jensen, Garrett Galloway, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Chris Mackey, Matt Curls, Friso, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, Piya Shedden, Kevin Knupp, Joseph Ruf, Jacob Puthoff, Kevin Bealer, Steve Gums, Alex Hackman ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRJVAuFkQMHO7ve-J_LD4gG3W1_7wuQW5ybqf4uZJ0II98kqvbWzIWMHFQKd_g430BLofrfr8obud7w/pub