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 ...

In 1985, teenage boys made a chilling discovery in the Wolf River: a human skull. The remains would become known as “Wolf ...

Dear Amy: My brother and I are the byproducts of extramarital affairs our mother had between 1943 and 1953, presumably to the same man. For decades we were led to believe that the father who raised us ...

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.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - More and more John and Jane Doe cold cases are being cracked everyday thanks to detective work and investigative genetic genealogy. But sometimes, experts say African American ...

Earlier this month, state police in Connecticut held a “DNA drive” in an effort to help identify human remains found in the state. Family members of missing people were invited to submit DNA samples ...

DNA is supposed to be the answer for solving cold cases. For example, Wisconsin police have turned to DNA to help solve a 42-year-old cold case of “Baby Sarah.” Recently in Niagara Falls, cops found ...

To help mark the show's 1000th episode, President Obama gave a remarkable interview last weekend with America's Most Wanted. There, host John Walsh floated the idea of a national DNA database--and the ...

In February 1970, a Boy Scout troop leader found human remains buried in a shallow grave on Sauvie Island, according to CNN. The remains could not be identified. Investigators at the time noticed that ...

A teenage girl from Portland, Oregon, who was reported missing more than 50 years ago was identified through DNA after her relatives began uploading their info into a national database, according to ...