Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "If you're white, live in the United States, and a distant relative has uploaded their DNA to a public ancestry database, there's ...

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

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 ...

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(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 ...

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 ...

Over about a year in the mid-2000s, four women reported being attacked by a man in the area of Terminal Street in Charlestown. Despite possessing the attacker’s DNA, Boston Police were stumped. More ...

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 ...

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, ...