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Genealogy Solves Mystery: Young Boy Identified After Decades
Explore the remarkable story of how genealogical techniques and forensic science helped solve a decades-old mystery. Read about the identification of a young boy...Read More
Cold Case Breakthrough: Genealogy Solves Spokane’s Long-standing Mysteries, Identifying Missing Homicide...
Spokane investigators harness the power of genetic genealogy to crack two decades-old cold cases, bringing closure to families and shedding light on unsolved mysteries....Read More
The Power of DNA Testing in Genealogy Research
DNA testing has revolutionized genealogy research by providing a powerful tool for tracing family lineages and uncovering surprising connections and heritage. It has also...Read More
A New Strategy to Speed Up Cold Case Investigations
A new mathematical analysis could crack cases of unidentified persons and their relatives 10 times faster. Read More
The Missing Piece – FGG series by ISHI
The ISHI (International Symposium on Human Identification) brought a series in collaboration with Othram that showcased the important work being done behind the scenes...Read More
How Familial DNA Evidence Led to Arrest in ’99 Cold Case...
The body of Minerliz Soriano was found wrapped in plastic inside a dumpster behind what used to be a a Hollywood Video store by...Read More
“48 Hours”: How DNA Uploaded to a Genealogy Database Helped Solve...
Chelsea Rustad never expected to learn of a killer in her family tree when she submitted her DNA to a genealogy database. For this...Read More
Genetic Genealogy this Month – September 2021
Here we list out some of the cases solved or progressed through the help of current DNA revolution—forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) in the month...Read More
Anonymous no more: combining genetics with genealogy to identify the dead...
A method developed by a team of geneticists, archaeologists and demographers may make it possible to identify thousands of individuals whose remains lie in...Read More
Man pleads guilty in 1980 murder for Colorado’s first conviction through...
James Curtis Clanton, 61, known as Curtis Allen White at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of first-degree murder...Read More
Forensic genealogy group helps Cumberland County investigators crack 21-year-old cold case
Bode Technology, the largest private DNA forensic lab in the country based out of Virginia helped the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office...Read More
45 years in prison for assault case solved with genealogy
A man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in a 2012 Butte County case that was solved...Read More
DNA Links Man to 1992 Killings of Indiana Woman, Girl, 4
A Tennessee man charged in the July 1992 killings of an Indiana woman and her 4-year-old daughter was linked to the deaths by a...Read More