Ever since investigators revealed that a genealogy website led police to arrest a man as California’s notorious Golden State Killer, interest in using genealogy to solve crimes has exploded. DNA from ...

QIAGEN chooses Bode Technology as its exclusive global commercial partner to accelerate use of GEDmatch PRO genealogy database in law enforcement and identification of human remains // Collaboration ...

Genetic genealogists like Amanda Reno use different sources of DNA in their work. While some of the searching done by genealogists involves databases like CODIS (Combined DNA Index Service), other ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - A massive security breach forced GEDmatch to shut down its site and exposed the DNA profiles of more than a million people who use the online service to law enforcement ...

In a dizzying span over the past few months, some of the nation's most frustratingly unsolvable cold cases have suddenly been, well, solved. First was the arrest in April of a California man who ...

Over the weekend, a security breach changed the permission settings on millions of profiles in GEDmatch, a DNA database used by genealogists. For three hours, DNA profiles were visible to all members, ...

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — On Halloween night in 1996, a man in a skeleton mask knocked on the door of a house in Martinez, California, handcuffed the woman who greeted him and raped her. Two weeks later, he ...

On Dec. 9, Verogen, a California-based forensic genomics company, acquired GEDmatch, a user-sourced DNA genealogy site. The acquisition suggests that GEDmatch’s transformation from a popular genealogy ...

Closure for cold and contemporary cases – New investigative leads for innocence projects, criminal investigations, and identification of missing persons Turnkey genealogy solution – Optimized for ...

During the Christmas season, genetic genealogy companies offer discounts on testing kits. We should be increasingly concerned not only about the accuracy of the tests but also about giving the gift ...

Venlo, the Netherlands, and Germantown, Maryland, Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QIAGEN N.V. (QGEN) (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that Bode Technology, the largest ...