DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...

Forensic genealogy has helped investigators track down serial killers, now police are using it to try to identify Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper. The post Forensic genealogy helped catch killers. Can it ...

Officials investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie have recovered DNA from a glove found near her house. If they don't get an exact match, they could turn to genealogy websites for clues.

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match to a DNA database would have been a dead end.

(CNN) -- In the early 2000s, genetic testing emerged as a direct-to-consumer product that did not require a physician's involvement and the consequences of this shift could impact everyone. More than ...

Investigators searching for clues in the Arizona kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie are turning to genetic genealogy, a forensic technology that has already helped to crack several notorious cold cases in ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Need help filling in that family tree? There are resources you may not know about that can help you research your heritage and connect with family members. And it’s as close as ...

Consumer genomics company Ancestry has confirmed it fought two U.S. law enforcement requests to access its DNA database in the past six months, but that neither request resulted in turning over ...

Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...

A "public genealogy database" was used to track down Bryan Christopher Kohberger, the man now accused of murdering four University of Idaho students. DNA was gathered at the crime scene, CNN reports, ...