For nearly five decades, a woman found dead in a California snowbank was known as "Emigrant Gap Jane Doe." Thanks to DNA ...

I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn’t ...

Scientists traced Leonardo da Vinci’s Y chromosome through living relatives, a breakthrough that may confirm his true burial ...

In an era where the U.S. healthcare system spends $4.5T annually yet faces systemic failures, with life expectancy plummeting to a three-decade low and chronic disease rates at an all-time high, the ...

Human remains that were discovered in 1981 in Blount County have since been identified through forensic genetic genealogical (FGG) DNA testing.

When Nick Lumi found out St. Luke’s University Health Network was offering free DNA testing, he thought it was a novelty, a chance to find out more about his ancestry. Instead, he learned he had a ...

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

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A few years ago, a patient of mine—let's call her Pandora—purchased four DNA testing kits as holiday gifts for herself and her siblings. She had seen the TV ads promising that a few ounces of spit ...