Cuyahoga County's GOLD Unit uses forensic genetic genealogy and familial DNA testing to solve rape cases, some more than 30 ...

Authorities say Joseph DeAngelo was arrested after a lengthy process of comparing crime-scene DNA to genetic information via the genealogical site GEDmatch The “innovative DNA technology” that ...

A forensic lab in Texas focused solely on cold case investigations is gaining attention for its ability to use powerful DNA testing to help crack unsolvable cases.

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 ...

Those services were uncomfortable with the intrusion, but some, such as GEDmatch, have since allowed users to consent to having their data included as part of a DNA analysis tool that can be used ...

Investigators told the San Jose Mercury News that by consulting an open-source DNA-sharing website called GEDmatch, they were able to find the genetic information of a distant relative of DeAngelo's.

Kohberger's murder trial is expected to start in August, nearly three years after the stabbing deaths of four Idaho college students.

The databases FamilyTreeDNA and GEDMatch PRO allow searching by law enforcement, but others like Ancestry, 23andMe and MyHeritage do not. In Kohberger’s case, the FBI uploaded the DNA sample to ...