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 ...

Genetic genealogists like Amanda Reno use different sources of DNA in their work. While some of the searching done by genealogists involves databases like CODIS (Combined DNA Index Service), other ...

The company that owns GEDmatch, the DNA analysis site that police in California used to catch the so-called Golden State Killer, said hackers attacked their database and exposed users' DNA profile ...

Colorado law enforcement officials are asking Cedar Rapids residents of Czech or Slovakian descent to submit DNA samples to ...

A group of college students helped unravel a nine-year mystery when they identified remains found in North Carolina woods as a missing New Jersey man. The case dates back to Jan. 29, 2016, when human ...

New records show that the F.B.I. identified Bryan Kohberger as a potential murder suspect after tapping consumer databases that were supposed to be off limits. By Mike Baker A skeleton found in the ...

DNA has been used to identify a skull found more than 20 years ago near Monte Rio and investigators are now trying to determine how the man died, officials said Tuesday. An area resident found the ...