By now, you’ve probably heard that 23andMe was “hacked” by criminals who stole the data of up to 7 million…
Genetic genealogy needs to protect itself with cryptosignatures.
This post has been updated. The Terms and Conditions at MyHeritage state: Using the DNA Services for law enforcement purposes,…
The DNA Justice Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to securing justice through genetic genealogy.
Do you have even a passing interest in the power of genetic genealogy to solve crimes? Are you concerned about the ethical and privacy implications? Then you should read Barbara Rae-Venter’s book “I Know Who You Are.”
Forensic investigative genealogy (FGG), also called investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), burst into the public perception in April 2018 with the…
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…
This post has been updated. In the midst of political turmoil in the USA, two major changes took place in…
Sometime on the morning of Sunday, 19 July 2020, the GEDmatch site was either hacked or experienced a severe programming…
The petition is no longer active. GEDmatch has chosen to expose users to some forensic investigations even if those users…