DNA TESTS REVEAL SHOCKING LEVELS OF INCEST IN US

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DNA tests carried out in the US have revealed a disturbing reality: That incest is far more common in the country than many think

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Widespread genetic testing has uncovered many cases of children born to close biological relatives

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A 1975 research put the rate of children born of incest at one in a million, which has now reached one in 7,000

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CNN spoke to Victoria Hill, who discovered the disturbing truth through a DNA test

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The 39-year-old was talking about her family tree with an ex-boyfriend when things sounded very similar

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So, the man also decided to take the same test and was shocked to know he was her brother

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Ms Hill later got to know that she had many more siblings that just the brother she grew up with

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The CNN report said that this is part accidental incest, which proliferated due to lack of regulations

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Babies born as a result of incest are at an increased risk of having birth defects and genetic disorders

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