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However, the current methods used for DNA profiling and for the identification of cellular origin are separated\u2014they do not associate genetic profiles found in the DNA evidence with epigenetic information about the biological origins of that same DNA. In this study, we developed a method based on joint genetic\/epigenetic analysis of the same DNA molecule, allowing us to concurrently identify both the donor and the cellular origin at a single DNA molecule resolution. For this, we created a forensic body fluid methylation atlas, containing blood, semen, skin, and urine, and identified 800 tissue-specific methylation markers. Of these, nearly one hundred markers capture genetic information of nearby single nucleotide polymorphisms. We sequenced and tested 53 of these markers, including 12 for blood, 12 for skin, 14 for semen, and 15 for urine, in a joint genetic\/epigenetic analysis. 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