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The Making of a DNA Detective – The Wall Street Journal

The Making of a DNA Detective  The Wall Street Journal

CeCe Moore, an amateur genealogist turned professional, helps police crack decades-old cases.

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DNA evidence from a napkin led to charges in 1993 Minneapolis woman’s stabbing death – St. Paul Pioneer Press

DNA evidence from a napkin led to charges in 1993 Minneapolis woman’s stabbing death  St. Paul Pioneer Press

Investigators followed a 52-year-old Isanti, Minn., businessman to a hockey game, where he ordered food from the concession stand. After he wiped his mouth …

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DNA leads to man’s arrest for 1993 murder: Police – ABC News

DNA leads to man’s arrest for 1993 murder: Police  ABC News

Jeanne Ann Childs, 35, was found dead in her bedroom on June 13, 1993. A man was arrested nearly 26 years later thanks to DNA.

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More than 26 million people have added their DNA to four leading ancestry databases: report – Mashable

More than 26 million people have added their DNA to four leading ancestry databases: report  Mashable

Millions of people have willingly given up their privacy via their own DNA, thanks to the growing popularity of at-home ancestry tests. More than 26 million people …

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More than 26 million people have taken an at-home ancestry test – MIT Technology Review

More than 26 million people have taken an at-home ancestry test  MIT Technology Review

As many people purchased consumer DNA tests in 2018 as in all previous years combined, MIT Technology Review has found. Surging public interest in …

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FamilyTreeDNA Admits to Sharing Genetic Data With F.B.I. – The New York Times

FamilyTreeDNA Admits to Sharing Genetic Data With F.B.I.  The New York Times

The president of FamilyTreeDNA, one of the country’s largest at-home genetic testing companies, has apologized to its users for failing to disclose that it was …

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Why You Should Dig Up Your Family’s History — and How to Do It – The New York Times

Why You Should Dig Up Your Family’s History — and How to Do It  The New York Times

Learning your history is forced reckoning, asking you to consider whose stories you carry with you and which ones you want to carry forward.

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Is 2019 The Year You Finally Take an Ancestry DNA Test? – SWNS Stories

Is 2019 The Year You Finally Take an Ancestry DNA Test?  SWNS Stories

Genetics may have been a drag while you were at school, but DNA testing has gone on to establish itself as one of the most unexpected and interesting trends of …

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Not comfortable with DNA testing? Here are other ways to find out more about your family – Press & Sun-Bulletin

Not comfortable with DNA testing? Here are other ways to find out more about your family  Press & Sun-Bulletin

When privacy concerns loom over the prospect of DNA testing, there are alternative ways to get family questions answered.

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Murderer executed in 1999 identified as man allegedly behind 1979 cold case killing – ABC News

Murderer executed in 1999 identified as man allegedly behind 1979 cold case killing  ABC News

A killer and rapist who led police on “the biggest manhunt in Texas history” has been identified as the man allegedly behind a 1979 cold case killing in Portland, …