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A father took an at-home DNA test. His son was then falsely accused of murder
Genetic genealogy, the technique millions of people are using to learn about their family history, has now become a potent tool with which law enforcement can solve crimes. But the method has major privacy implications that are prompting some critics…
Genetic genealogy can help solve cold cases. It can also accuse the wrong person.
For law enforcement, the case for using genetic genealogy is strong. But it's not foolproof.
Years-old rape kits are being tested around U.S. with help from Manhattan DA, DOJ
Languishing evidence in over 100,000 sexual assault cases around the country has been sent for DNA testing with money from a New York prosecutor and federal authorities, spurring over 1,000 arrests and hundreds of convictions in three years, officials say.
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Author Dani Shapiro on the power and danger of family secrets
After taking a DNA test on a whim, author Dani Shapiro discovered that her beloved late father had not been, in fact, her biological parent. She had been conceived using a sperm donor, and as was common at the time,…
A Cherokee Nation official said Monday that DNA tests are useless to determine tribal citizenship.
Until recently, most scientists believed that the first humans came to the Americas 13,000 years ago. But new archaeological findings from a cave in Oregon are challenging that assumption. Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Television reports on the controversial discovery.
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