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Well, here is one from AI Overview for the conspiracy theorists among us: The U.S. Armed Forces began collecting DNA samples from service members in 1991 during the Gulf War. The DNA is stored in the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains (AFRSSIR) and is used ...

Well, one of the side benefits of a DNA test
is they provide you with familial contacts
that are in the Ancestry DNA databank.

For anyone with an itch for an Army 1911A1 in 45ACP
this Turkish made replica looks tempting at $419.99.
https://tisasusa.com/tisas-1911-a1-us-army-45/

I do not have a dog in this fight.

The plant bug above is a Metriorrhynchromiri s dislocatus.
(I can't make this stuff up.)

Itty bitty Putnam's Jumping Spider

When I saw the topic Ancestry I thought this thread would be about family trees, genealogy and family history. A DNA test confirmed family lore about my Scottish and English heritage. It also indicated a dash of Welsh and surprisingly Scandinavian ancestry. This explains my occasional urges to pilla...

Brown-shaded Gray Geometer Moth
A tiny moth with a big name.

Not the last gun I bought,
the last gun that Hunter Biden bought.
Maybe I missed it, but
was the Colt Cobra tossed in the trash
by his girlfriend/brother's widow
ever recovered?
Where is it now?

Small China Rose bush spiked with coffee grounds.

Common Drone Fly and Spotted Pink Ladybeetle

Genus Common Green Lacewings.
Exact species not determined.

This is a Gum Bumelia, another big tree that blew down. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPH5maUyrhSwZ7eWQpk5mB678Vyc3Xq_SKBNjzEJCRSnTljT3eavliEerq0OKv7lpRUbSU-iOQ_9lU7w2c82qIrGzybSZPfSEK4TVjaL_JqQlUaUK4e=w2400 I had been concerned about this one falling on the carport but it fell harmlessl...

This is a Hackberry afflicted with Nipplegall Psylla, a plant-parasitic hemipteran. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOyBF-XQlQztENDtIfxjeRn8laJh5nV7YZpFgJYTNCmS1K2QpYNhAyB_DyvsH9yvLVAsJjzxvL6RfGCxfOVv2Nv4LI0QIE7aO1XsoRnIhNp-gAAlTIF=w2400 It was more than 50 feet tall. I never really took n...

I was not aware of this thread.
Nor was I aware a member could be summoned
by posting an @member name
I need to get out more.

Black Mulberry

6 out of 7 green lights for North American Rat Snake.

The app on my iPhone has been a pleasure.
Just this morning I identified two new wild flowers
and a new tree on my place.
In case I haven't mentioned it before
the seek by iNaturalist app is free.

Margined Calligrapher

seek by iNaturalist app shows 7 out of 7 for American Toad

Yes, that's a nice one.

That is an awesome collection of 1911 pattern pistols.