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  "id": 8893704,
  "title": "Identifying unclaimed ashes at N.S. funeral home through DNA ‘very challenging,’ says expert",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/identifying-unclaimed-ashes-at-n-s-funeral-home-through-dna-very",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dna-ashes-test-difficult-nova-scotia-9.7350033"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "DNA expert Dean Hildebrand says that getting DNA from ashes is very challenging due to the high heat and prolonged duration of cremation. This comes as families in Annapolis Valley struggle to identify buried ashes that aren't who they thought they were.",
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        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Identifying unclaimed ashes at N.S. funeral home through DNA ‘very challenging,’ says expert",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/identifying-unclaimed-ashes-at-n-s-funeral-home-through-dna-very-8908481",
        "published": "2026-09-21T09:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}