Can you get DNA from just the hair or do you have to have the root?

Question

Can you get DNA from just the hair or do you have to have the root?

Answer 1

Hair shaft encases DNA in a kind of "biologic plastic." Protected, the DNA can better resist damage from the elements and contamination from bacteria. You can isolate DNA from the hair shaft without the root - even though there are many sites which say you cannot. See link

Answer 2

You can get DNA from the hair.  There is a trace of DNA on every part of our bodies.  

Answer 3

pee is also dna you know