How are DNA fingerprinting and regular fingerprinting the same?

Answer:
They aren't even remotely similar. The phrase "DNA fingerprinting" has unfortunately, and mistakenly, come into commmon usage. The techniques for recovering and processing fingerprints and DNA samples are totally unlike one another.
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