Experts caution those using these services to be careful, as you may not always get what you want from biological relatives.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Imagine opening a birthday gift DNA kit and discovering you're entitled to ...

An Alabama Death Row inmate must get a new trial, a federal judge wrote several months ago. But that doesn’t mean it will happen anytime soon. Instead, the state continues to fight to execute ...

Most people take a 23andMe or AncestryDNA test for fun. Maybe you want to confirm an Irish ancestry or learn something about your health. Well, that’s what you think. What you don’t expect is a ...

DNA scaffolds that mirror influenza virus protein geometry boost antiviral binding and reduce infection more effectively than free molecules, enabling a modular antiviral design strategy. (Nanowerk ...

The results, published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences in 2019, showed a mitochondrial DNA match consistent with both individuals’ family lines. The study also suggested that the man who left the ...

TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah & HOUSTON & FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MyHeritage, the leading global platform for family history and DNA testing, announced today a landmark move to Whole Genome ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - Auburn Police arrested a 39-year-old man Sunday on charges of first-degree sodomy in connection with a 2008 sexual assault case that remained unsolved for more than 17 years.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Law enforcement in Oklahoma are calling it a complete game changer — technology that can process DNA evidence from crime scenes in just 90 minutes. The Oklahoma State Bureau of ...

Researchers have analyzed a sample of DNA believed to belong to Adolf Hitler, which they say reveals the dictator of Nazi Germany had a genetic marker for a rare disorder that can delay puberty, ...

Debbie Dorian's murder was unsolved until DNA evidence revealed a suspect. A California murder went unsolved for nearly 30 years, until one DNA match cracked the decades-old case. The murder of ...

A California murder went unsolved for nearly 30 years, until one DNA match cracked the decades-old case. You can also get more behind-the-scenes of each week's episode by listening to "20/20: The ...