Earlier this month, state police in Connecticut held a “DNA drive” in an effort to help identify human remains found in the state. Family members of missing people were invited to submit DNA samples ...

GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. A change to GEDmatch, a third-party genealogy site that's helped crack cold cases through user's DNA, may hinder law enforcement's ability to ...

All it takes is a single strand of DNA to solve murder cases where the trail went cold decades ago. Genetic genealogy, which compares DNA testing with genetic databases to construct a reverse family ...

23andMe, born from the techno-optimism of the Human Genome Project, revolutionized direct-to-consumer genetic testing. But with its valuation now in freefall, mounting layoffs and its board resigning ...

The best home DNA kits can provide a window into our ancestry, genetic traits, and overall health. They can trace family ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Ever since the Trump administration scaled up DNA collection from migrants in federal ...

A genetic genealogy expert says one DNA entry narrowed the investigation into David Zimbrick's alleged connections to two ...

Dear Amy: My brother and I are the byproducts of extramarital affairs our mother had between 1943 and 1953, presumably to the same man. For decades we were led to believe that the father who raised us ...

Decades after a mutilated body was found in a wooded area in northern Alabama, officials have identified the cold-case victim as a California man through intensive DNA technology and genetic genealogy ...

DeKalb County will host a Missing Persons & DNA Event on May 17 in Decatur, where families can file reports, provide case details, and donate DNA to aid in cold case investigations. The event includes ...

Seeking to stop a rapist, veteran DNA detective CeCe Moore found herself fighting a battle among the trees—family trees, that is. And as a result of her meticulous mystery-solving acumen, Utah can ...