A class action lawsuit alleges that FamilyTreeDNA has been sharing user details with Facebook.
GEDmatch, the much beloved free site for genetic genealogy, is now the target of two class-action lawsuits that could make…
Use this simple conversion factor to estimate centimorgan amount from percent shared DNA.
By now, you’ve probably heard that 23andMe was hacked by criminals who stole the data of up to 7 million…
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…
As of December 9, 2019, GEDmatch is operated by Verogen, Inc. (“Verogen”) following the acquisition by Verogen of the GEDmatch…
This summer, GEDmatch was served with a warrant from an Orlando, Florida, court pertaining to a violent serial rapist. The…
This post is updated as events transpire. This post lists key events in the evolution of “forensic genetic genealogy” or…