The application of genetic ancestry databases to solve crimes has generally been theoretical. However, the re-opening of an historic case showed how the hypothetical can cross over to the credible.

The second study, published in Cell, shows that customer profiles on these genealogy websites, regardless of their race, could be matched with DNA records stored in law enforcement databases. This ...

Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie are considering utilizing DNA genealogy databases, similar to methods employed in high-profile cases such as the Golden State Killer and ...

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Genealogy Sites Have Helped Solve Major Crimes. Police in Nancy Guthrie's Case Might Turn to Them Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy ...

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The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records. By Corey Kilgannon Since online genealogy ...

LEHI, Utah, Aug. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The power of the AncestryDNA network continues to grow as Ancestry today announced that more than five million people have taken an AncestryDNA test. As ...

During Pride Month in June, LGBTs interested in family history received interesting news: beginning next year, the world's largest genealogy organization, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

I’ve always found genealogy boring. But it’s about to get exciting, very exciting, and for everybody. Millions of people around the world spend hours tracing their “roots” as far back as they can.

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Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and ...