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* [[Davina McCall (in-universe)|Davina McCall]], in {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}, tells Ruby that no matches for her DNA sample were found in the available databases. While some have speculated online that this means Ruby is alien or from another point in time, it should be noted that the {{w|United Kingdom National DNA Database}}, for example, uses only samples from convicted criminals.

** In the real world, there have actually been cases highly comparable to Ruby's, where "foundlings", who have been abandoned at locations such as hospitals and churches, have had their parentage unknown and untraceable.<ref>[https://arielbruce.com/2019/02/20/long-lost-family-press-release-born-without-trace/ ''Long Lost Family Press Release: ‘Born Without Trace’'' on arielbruce.com]</ref> ''[[Long Lost Family]]'' (the television series implied in ''The Church on Ruby Road'' to be the one Davina presents) makes use of DNA searching, particularly in the special ''Born Without Trace'', where DNA samples have been matched to relatives of a parent who have consentingly added their DNA sample to an online database, with further detective work afterwards being required to find a parent;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200926232407/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week9/long-lost-family-special-born-without-trace ''Long Lost Family Special: Born Without Trace'' on itv.com via the Wayback Machine]</ref> if the parents have no relatives, or those relatives haven't submitted their DNA to an online database, then DNA searching doesn't work, just like in {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}.

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