They did not state that the genetic evidence superseded other forms of evidence.

They did not suggest that the test was necessary for the family’s claim to be valid.

The researchers also engaged with the ethical dimensions of the study in ways that are worth examining.

They noted that the study had been conducted with the full participation and consent of the family — that the family had not merely tolerated the research but had actively chosen to participate in it, for reasons related to the family’s own interests in having a form of evidence that would be legible in institutional and legal contexts.

The family’s reasons for agreeing to the study are their own and have been only partially articulated in public statements.