Kentucky law enforcement agencies are increasingly using forensic genealogy to identify crime victims and suspects.

Kentucky officials have several identified homicide victims and suspects by matching their DNA to potential relatives.

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of ...

A DNA analysis revealed the mystery behind Christopher Columbus' heritage - however, the reveal raised more questions.

One family says their at-home DNA tests have provided the answers and the happiness they’ve been searching for decades to ...

The “Not Parent Expected” population uses the language of grief, trauma and loss: “blown up,” “robbed,” “dislocated.” ...

"Who was Judy Doe?" That question had haunted sheriff's investigators in Lake County, Fla., since a body was discovered there in 1984. The answer, officials announced on Jan. 29, was Rebecca Sue Hill, ...

The OP shared an unexpected discovery after being contacted by a woman whose DNA match suggested that they were either first ...

Advances in DNA technology in the past three decades led Everett police to a Las Vegas man who was Maryann Daniels' neighbor when she was killed in 1989.

A suspect has been arrested in connection to the 1989 murder of a Seattle woman, thewith the help from A On January 25, 2025, ...

Chromosomal inversions are an important class of genetic variation that link multiple alleles together into a single inherited block that can have important effects on fitness. To study the role of ...

The case of the young Hazleton girl whose 1964 strangulation murder was solved decades later through DNA and forensic genealogy will be featured on the popular true crime show “Cold Case ...