This is a handy reference to the information used in a DNA ancestry test and the kind of DNA used in those tests.
DNA ancestry and Criminal Investigation
Some criminal investigators are now mining DNA data collected through genealogy websites to solve criminal cold cases. This article states that Darold Wayne Bowden was arrested for a series of rapes that happened over a decade ago. Agencies are sending unknown DNA samples to a company based out of Virginia, the samples are then entered […]
DNA Searches of Ancestry data by Law Enforcement
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/familial-dna-puts-elusive-killers-behind-bars-only-12-states-n869711 This article addresses serious questions in DNA science, but gets the science completely wrong and indicates a much larger issue. If this guy, who hopefully did some research before writing this article, cannot figure out what is going on, how are jurors supposed to do so? First, the analysis of how familial DNA searches […]