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  1. Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology, National Board of Forensic Medicine, Artillerigatan 12, SE-58758, Linköping, Sweden

    Andreas O. Tillmar

  2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sandbäcksgatan 7, SE-582 35, Linköping, Sweden

    Andreas O. Tillmar

  3. Division of Forensic Services, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4040, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway

    Daniel Kling

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Tillmar, A.O., Kling, D. Comments on “Kinship analysis: assessment of related vs unrelated based on defined pedigrees” by S. Turrina et al.. Int J Legal Med 130, 949–951 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-016-1316-5

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