The Power of Kinship Family DNA Unravels Forensic Enigmas

Suspects in hundreds of unsolved murders and rapes will be identified using public DNA databases in the near future, a prominent genealogist ... And they're doing it all with a new kind of DNA evidence called forensic genetic genealogy. This relatively new technique that most famously ... For the Christine Jessop case, we sent the DNA sample for an SNP and uploaded it to GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA. We were lucky to get one match ... In 1986, for the first time ever, DNA was used to help investigate a criminal case. Since then, hundreds of cases have been solved using ... DNA can help identify previously unknown family connections and answer unknown parentage questions in genealogy. In April 2018, GEDmatch informed users that their DNA could be used to identify relatives involved in crimes. Users have the option to not ... It was the first publicized instance of genetic genealogy being used to identify the perpetrator of a violent crime. By one estimate, more than ... A four-decade-old cold case murder has been solved with the help of genetic genealogy technology, New Hampshire officials announced on Thursday. A Colorado family finally got the closure they needed after genetic genealogy was used to help identify the alleged killer of Nancy Anderson ... Long Island police say they've identified the killer responsible for the death of a young woman in 1980, 42 years later on the date of her ...