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Family historians are being urged to submit the results of their home DNA) hopes to use volunteers’ DNA to identify why some people who catch the disease have no symptoms while others become very ill. Volunteers who have tested their DNA with Ancestry, 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA and MyHeritage can upload their test results straight away, speeding up the process of the research, while those who have not done so will be asked to provide a sample of their saliva via post. Prof Albert Tenesa, co-lead on the study, explained that time is “of the essence” in understanding susceptibility to the virus. Anyone over 16 can join the study via the website.