The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit organization defending civil liberties, argues that law enforcement use of ...

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...

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 ...

In 2018, detectives uploaded DNA evidence from the crime scenes to GEDmatch, a public genealogy database. This innovative approach led them to distant relatives of the unknown suspect. Through ...

Law enforcement has used genetic data in its investigations. In 2018, police tapped into GEDmatch’s DNA database to find the “Golden State Killer” suspect, jump-starting law enforcement ...

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.

DNA tests have become a popular gift for all ... Killer" was caught because his distant relative used a service called GEDmatch. Catching a murderer = a good thing. And yet, the incident shows ...