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Not really. Their blood might have human DNA, but none of their other gentic markers would change. So a mouth swab or a hair sample would both still show elven DNA. Hell, it's entirely possible their blood would still show elven DNA. Not all bone marrow transplants result in a change in the blood, it's happened in some cases, but not others.So, hypothetically...and bear with me, I'm no genetic...one could through such a transplant make an elf pass off a human?
They are sufficently closely related that they can breed together, so transplants of blood, tissue, bone marrow and organs are theoretically possible. Indeed, I'm not so certain they're actually distinct species.You're forgetting about one very important detail humans and elves are a different species.
I also didn't say it would be easy, nor did I say that such a thing would certainly be possible; I said that in the hypothetical scenario of a human with a bone marrow transplant from an elven donor, there was a possibility their blood would now show markers for elven DNA.
That's incorrect. There are plenty of people who've required bone marrow transplants whose own family members haven't been compatible donors, but a stranger has been. That's the entire point of the bone marrow registry.If your mother, father, brother or sister can't be found as a compatible donor you're most likely fucked.