A Japanese funeral company is about to offer a way to leave relatives with more than a memory of you: for a charge of √Ǭ£120 they will store your DNA information along with your remains… In Japan cremation is mandatory, which means that all  relatives  have to remember their loved ones by is a bunch of charred bones. But now funeral firm Sekise of Nagoya will allow the deceased’s DNA to be stored in their memorial tablet. ‘With the spread of genetic record cards for medical treatments, our samples will help people complete their family’s DNA history,’ says Hideo Wakayama, a spokesman for the company.The DNA may also help in disputes over parentage and claims to blood ties with the deceased, he adds. Dreams of reanimating one’s great grandparents using future tech will have to be put aside, though - Japan is in the process of outlawing the cloning of people. From July, for a charge of √Ǭ£120, Sekise will add a sealed capsule containing a DNA sample to the ihai&√Ǭ£45;-the lacquered wood Buddhist memorial tablet. ‘The ihai is a sacred object,’ explained Wakayama. ‘So it is very suitable for keeping DNA samples over the generations.’ Sekise’s DNA preservation technology comes from Texas-based Identigene, which has developed technology for making low-cost permanent DNA samples.