In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, ...

"At first, I kind of laughed … But they were serious. I could just see the seriousness in their faces." In this book excerpt, Lise Barnéoud explores the limitations of DNA testing.

Nancy Guthrie has been missing for over 30 days now, and as the days mount up, cops appear to be no nearer to finding answers, until now.

More than a decade after a woman was kidnapped outside of a Tamarac apartment and sexually assaulted, one of the suspects has ...

Human remains found in the woods of New Hampshire in 1986 have finally been identified, thanks to forensic genetic genealogy and DNA testing.

An audit of the Colorado Bureau of Investigations’ DNA evidence testing took a deep dive into the work the agency is doing to ...