Forensic investigative genealogy (FGG), also called investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), burst into the public perception in April 2018 with the…
We’ve been overestimating the size of 23andMe’s database for a while now. No more!
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This post has been updated. Today, GEDmatch has a new look at https://app.gedmatch.com. It’s a long-overdue upgrade for a site…
Update: The bill was passed into law in May 2021 A bill is currently moving through the State of Maryland’s…
This post has been updated. In the midst of political turmoil in the USA, two major changes took place in…
As this post was set to publish, MyHeritage announced a phishing attack that may stem from the GEDmatch hack. (Read…
Two days ago, GEDmatch was hacked. Many of us saw bizarre DNA matches that shared too much DNA to be…
Sometime on the morning of Sunday, 19 July 2020, the GEDmatch site was either hacked or experienced a severe programming…
New intel on database sizes has rolled in over the past 6 weeks, so it’s time to update the autosomal…
The petition is no longer active. GEDmatch has chosen to expose users to some forensic investigations even if those users…