When we first wrote this article, it compared 23andMe and Ancestry. Since then, 23andMe has experienced a data breach, a subsequent lawsuit, board members' resignations and layoffs amidst financial ...

The firm’s two largest competitors in the DTC DNA ancestry testing space, Ancestry.com and Family Tree DNA, have also ramped up their advertising efforts in the last year. And consumers are responding ...

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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Genetic genealogy has helped solve hundreds of cold cases in recent years. The process uses DNA ...

Genetic genealogists like Amanda Reno use different sources of DNA in their work. While some of the searching done by genealogists involves databases like CODIS (Combined DNA Index Service), other ...

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com ...

Defining Native American heritage with DNA tests misses the point, experts said. Does Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren really have Native American blood running through her veins? It's ...

A few years ago, I spat into a plastic tube, hoping to learn more about my ancestry. I didn't expect it would lead to me becoming a citizen of New Zealand. But I am just one of more than 40 million ...

All it takes is a single strand of DNA to solve murder cases where the trail went cold decades ago. Genetic genealogy, which compares DNA testing with genetic databases to construct a reverse family ...