Genetic Genealogy’s Less Reliable Cousin  Slate

DNA phenotyping promises to tell law enforcement what a suspect looks like.

Ghosts in the ashes – Second & Flume – Opinions – July 25, 2019  Chico News & Review

By Melissa Daugherty. Among the haunting Camp Fire images is Pearson Road six days after the fire. Published on July 25, 2019 as Second & Flume in the …

Signaling a ‘new era,’ man caught through genetic genealogy gets life in prison  ABC News

William Talbott II was arrested in 2018 for a Nov. 1987 double murder.

South Dakota county using forensic genealogy to identify murder victim  Daily Republic

DEADWOOD, S.D. — Decades after a skeleton was found in rural Lawrence County, law enforcement officials are using forensic genealogy in the hopes of …

South Dakota county using forensic genealogy to identify murder victim  Jamestown Sun

DEADWOOD, S.D. — Decades after a skeleton was found in rural Lawrence County, law enforcement officials are using forensic genealogy in the hopes of …

Body found in Indiana cornfield 20 years ago identified as missing Detroit mother  Fox News

Twenty years after the badly decomposed body of a woman wearing only a bra turned up in a farmer’s cornfield, Indiana detectives have made an identification, …

DNA testing forever changed donor conception – Harvard Health Blog  Harvard Health

DNA testing kits can upend identity and spark many questions for some children conceived with donor sperm and parents who hadn’t shared origin stories.

Forensic genealogy may help ID shooting victim found in 2000  Miami Herald

Law enforcement officials are hoping forensic genealogy will help identify a man shot to death decades ago in western South Dakota.

Retrace your family roots with curated DNA-based travel  Travel Daily

Luxury tour operator TCS World Travel has announced a new partnership with Heritage Consulting, a genealogy research firm. This partnership will allow TCS …

DNA, surnames trace history’s path  observer-me.com

In my last column I dealt with family associations. There are other types of associations which can also prove of immense value including DNA studies. These go …