From Kaguya-sama ch. 297

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> **遺伝子とは関わりない所で手に入れた何か** に人が惹かれることもあるだろう

I have trouble understanding the meaning of the bold part, especially 所 and
手に入れた何か.

遺伝子とは関わりない所で seems to mean during situations where genetics are not related
(?). Does 所 mean situation?

Lastly, does 手に入れた何か mean something that people obtained in situations where
genetics are not related?

It is hard for me to see what the author is trying to convey.
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Understanding 遺伝子とは関わりない所で手に入れた何か
Your interpretation

> something that people obtained in situations where genetics are not related?

is fine, except perhaps more literally _places_ rather than _situations_.

The first phrase (人が遺伝子交換をする為に...) suggests that (the author thinks) people
are attracted by each other at the genetic level. Then, the sentence in
question essentially says genes are not everything ( _one may be attracted by
something that a person obtained not from genes = something that has nothing
to do with genes_ )
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