With the rise of DNA ancestry tests, it’s easier than ever to learn about your family history and connections. Today, there are many DNA testing services to choose from. They're easy to use. You’ll ...

GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. 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 ...

Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

A Massachusetts bill would require annual audits of “owed” DNA from convicted felons, closing gaps in a key crime-solving database that advocates say have left survivors without justice and ...

23andMe, born from the techno-optimism of the Human Genome Project, revolutionized direct-to-consumer genetic testing. But with its valuation now in freefall, mounting layoffs and its board resigning ...

A national DNA database is helping to solve new and old crimes in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations manages the CODIS system for law enforcement across our state, allowing police ...

PHOENIX — State lawmakers took the first steps Monday toward building a database of the DNA of anyone arrested for anything at all. On a 5-1 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to require ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Two different crimes in two cities more than 1,600 apart, but DNA technology connected the dots and helped police make an arrest in a sexual assault investigation in New ...

The failure of Scottish policing bodies to record the ethnicity of arrested people it takes DNA samples from means there is no way of establishing whether minority groups are over-represented in ...