Greg Hampikian, a Boise-based forensic DNA expert and founder of the Idaho Innocence Project, explained how mixed DNA samples can complicate investigations. Hampikian has worked on wrongful conviction ...

In 2008, genetic research suggested that Ötzi’s maternal lineage was extinct. His mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) carried a rare signature never observed in any living person, leading researchers to ...

Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA evidence.

A DNA expert believes the kidnapper "will be identified” through investigative genetic genealogy after an unknown person's ...

Delaware police have successfully used DNA genealogy, which is being considered to identify unknown DNA found in Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona kidnapping.

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.

Investigators searching for clues in the Arizona kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie are turning to genetic genealogy, a forensic technology that has already helped to crack several notorious cold cases in ...