Two separate hunts for family history show how this new era for genealogy benefits Black families and history.

Glue-Like Substance Produced by Head Lice Holds DNA Evidence, Sheds Light on South American Ancestry Scientists recovered DNA ...

Kentucky officials have several identified homicide victims and suspects by matching their DNA to potential relatives.

Kentucky law enforcement agencies are increasingly using forensic genealogy to identify crime victims and suspects.

"Who was Judy Doe?" That question had haunted sheriff's investigators in Lake County, Fla., since a body was discovered there in 1984. The answer, officials announced on Jan. 29, was Rebecca Sue Hill, ...

The case of the young Hazleton girl whose 1964 strangulation murder was solved decades later through DNA and forensic genealogy will be featured on the popular true crime show “Cold Case ...

A judge denies a defense motion for a change of venue in the case of the El Salvadorean national charged in the killing of Rachel Morin.

Police found the man on Dec. 4, 1991, in the Boston Harbor near Thompson Island. An autopsy performed by the at the time ruled his death a homicide. After 33 years, the victim was identified as ...

ALTOONA — Lake County Sheriff's Office detectives have determined the identity of the young woman whose remains were found ...

The victim of a 1991 homicide has been identified as Toussaint Gonsalves using investigative genetic genealogy, police said.

Epigenetic clocks that quantify rates of aging from DNA methylation patterns across the genome have emerged as a potential biomarker for risk of age-related diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease (AD), ...

Three decades ago, the body of an unknown man with a stab wound was found in Boston Harbor. Genetic genealogy helped police ...