Former Marine arrested in 1976 California slaying following DNA hit through genealogy site  WSB Atlanta

A former U.S. Marine whose DNA ties him to a 1976 homicide near a California military base was arrested last month in Louisiana after he was tracked down …

NorthShore launches pilot program bringing free DNA tests to 10,000 patients  Becker’s Hospital Review

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem announced on June 4 the official launch of its initiative to bring complimentary whole genome …

DNA, genealogy leads to arrest of Wisconsin 82-year-old in 1976 rape, double homicide  KIRO Seattle

An elderly Wisconsin widower has been arrested and charged in a 43-year-old rape and double homicide that police say was solved through genetic genealogy …

Genetic genealogy links former Marine to young woman’s murder in 1976  ABC News

DNA and genetic genealogy have linked a former Marine to the murder of a young California woman who was strangled to death in 1976, according to …

How Ancestry.com has failed African American customers  Washington Post

When Ancestry.com unveiled an advertisement last month that seemed to romanticize slavery, the multibillion dollar genealogy company was roundly criticized.

ICE Wants to Subject Up to 100000 Migrants to DNA Tests  Mother Jones

The Trump administration wants to conduct DNA tests on up to 100,000 migrants at the border to determine whether they’re falsely claiming to be family in order …

The Genealogy Site That Helped Catch the Golden State Killer Is Grappling With Privacy  Slate

Since April 2018, when police announced they had apprehended Joseph DeAngelo, the man they alleged to be the long-elusive Golden State Killer, the …

How a DNA database change could make it harder for police to solve cold cases  ABC News

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 use the database …

It’s a new family: They took genetic tests, and the results shook their identities  San Francisco Chronicle

The Chronicle heard from dozens of readers with their own stories of genetic testing after it published the account of three strangers who discovered they are half …

How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years  The New York Times

What does it actually take to identify a person through genetic genealogy? Wading through infidelities and pornography.