Some are opting to download their DNA data from services like 23andMe before deleting their accounts. Here is a step-by-step ...

When you set up your 23andMe account, you’re given the option either to have your saliva sample securely destroyed or to have ...

By Vimal Patel Nearly two-thirds of GEDmatch’s users opt out of helping law enforcement. For a brief window this month, that didn’t matter. By Heather Murphy To what extent is giving a DNA ...

QIAGEN N.V. QGEN recently announced that Bode Technology will be the exclusive global commercial partner for its GEDmatch PRO ...

DNA from bones said to belong to the explorer were analyzed by forensic scientists to confirm his identity and where he came ...

QIAGEN has been providing GEDmatch PRO to customers since the early 2023 acquisition of its subsidiary Verogen, a proven leader in equipping forensic science laboratories and criminal ...

That profile can then be uploaded to public databases like GEDmatch and FamilyTreeDNA, where family members might have DNA on file. The researchers don’t use commercial sites like 23andMe.

Consumer testing can throw up surprises, positive and negative. It’s like toothpaste coming out of a tube: ‘You can’t put it ...

Authorities in the Golden State case used the free genealogy and DNA database GEDmatch to link crime-scene DNA with a pool of ...

A new scientific study reveals the final resting place of the navigator and colonizer. The mystery of his origins and resting ...

America's most-infamous and longest-running murder investigations was finally brought to a close in 2018 using familial DNA.

In 2023, IGG investigators formed a genetic profile of DNA found at the crime scene and uploaded that to consumer databases, such as GEDmatch, Fox 11 reports. Based on that information ...