With the rise of DNA ancestry tests, it’s easier than ever to learn about your family history and connections. Today, there are many DNA testing services to choose from. They're easy to use. You’ll ...

A recent cold case that was solved in Pierce County is highlighting the importance of CODIS ― The Combined DNA Index System — that lets federal, state, and local forensic labs exchange and compare DNA ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...

GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. A change to GEDmatch, a third-party genealogy site that's helped crack cold cases through user's DNA, may hinder law enforcement's ability to ...

Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

A national DNA database is helping to solve new and old crimes in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations manages the CODIS system for law enforcement across our state, allowing police ...

The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal ...

In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...

The failure of Scottish policing bodies to record the ethnicity of arrested people it takes DNA samples from means there is no way of establishing whether minority groups are over-represented in ...