Through genetic genealogy, an unknown killer's DNA from a crime scene can be identified through his or her family members, who voluntarily submit their DNA to a genealogy database. This allows ...

Christopher Anderson Walter arrived to Summerland, British Columbia, Canada an already 50-something year old man. There, he helped pioneer the fruit industry, forever pin tailing their little ...

Genetic genealogy "is a major game-changer for these cold cases," Moore said, "because in a genetic genealogy database we can reverse engineer the [suspect's family] ...

Sports columnist Sally Jenkins answered your questions about her new fascination, genealogy, during a live chat.

The arrest in the Golden State Killer case last April, made with the help of a new forensic field known as genetic genealogy, gave investigators in Snohomish County, Washington, an idea.. They ...

In May, genetic genealogy got the prime-time-TV treatment in an ABC true-crime series called The Genetic Detective, starring Moore. The six cases covered in the show’s inaugural season have a ...

Genealogy became a way for them to prove their credentials for membership in such hereditary societies as the Daughters of the American Revolution, which was founded in 1890 and stood for, in the ...

Genetic genealogy — in which DNA samples are used to find relatives of suspects, and eventually the suspects themselves — has redefined the cutting edge of forensic science, ...

Genetics alone can’t tell an athlete’s story, not even close. Just look at Peyton and Eli Manning.

Genealogy became a way for them to prove their credentials and gain entry into such hereditary societies as the Daughters of the American Revolution, which was founded in 1890 and stood for, ...

Despite the fact that descendants of Joseph Vick can be found all across the United States, one official group of Vicks only ...

And so, when Pope Leo was elected to lead the Catholic Church and traces of his rich heritage began to emerge, including an ancestor who had been born in Havana, a Cuban genealogist in Miami rushed to ...