Shocking Level of Incest Discovered in US Through DNA Tests

DNA test that ascertains ancestry has revealed a shocking trend of incest in the US. DNA tests hint that incest is far more common in the US than many think.

Recent studies hint that the number of children born from incestuous relations in the US has reached one in 7,000. A research published in a psychiatry text book in 1975 put the rate of children born of incest in the US at one in a million.

Widespread genetic testing has uncovered several cases of children born to close biological relatives in the US.

Recently, CNN highlighted the case of Victoria Hill, who discovered the disturbing truth regarding incest through a DNA test. The 39-year-old and her ex-boyfriend were surprised to learn that their family make-up was similar. She found that she was his sister and her father was not her biological father.

She later got to know that she had many more siblings than just the brother she grew up with.

CNN highlighted her case to uncover something called an accidental incest.

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