DNA's Impact Family Members Assist in Case Closures

SEATTLE – Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his office's DNA forensic genetic genealogy program has now helped solve a 24-year- ... Using the databases of genetic material uploaded by people who were just interested in finding out about their family history, they were able to ... The brutal murder of Terri McAdams remained unsolved. But with help from the emerging and cutting edge field of investigative genetic genealogy, A Colorado family finally got the closure they needed after genetic genealogy was used to help identify the alleged killer of Nancy Anderson ... Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Program Alumni Solve Two Cold Cases ; Dr. Claire Glynn (right) in the lab with students. ; The remains of ... Her company's DNA analysis and genetic genealogy service has just led to the arrest of a man for two murders that happened four years ago. It's ... There are reports that a break in the murder case came after a process called "genetic genealogy" was used. Here's what you should know about ... Of those cases, about 33% have resulted in adverse admissions by the accused. This means that an accused has admitted the facts as disclosed by the DNA evidence ... Through advanced Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) testing and the use of publicly available DNA databases, scientists and genealogists are working together ... Using the forensic tool known as investigative genetic genealogy, researchers compare DNA evidence from crime scenes with the records in ...