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Any two people share about 99.6% of their DNA
On average, any two people's genomes are about 99.6 percent identical.
Why it is true
The often quoted figure of 99.9 percent counts only single-letter differences, which turn up about once every 1,300 letters. Other kinds of variation make up the rest.
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Open National Human Genome Research Institute
