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 lists key events in the evolution of “investigative genetic genealogy”, the application of genetic genealogy techniques to criminal…
This post has been updated. Today, The New York Times published a shocking article. Some time this summer, GEDmatch granted…
The past year has seen a chilling in the genetic genealogy industry: DNA kit sales are down drastically since April…
The genetic genealogy community is in turmoil. People are angry, accusations are flying, and friendships are sundering. All over something…
A family friend has leukemia. He’s 11. Without chemotherapy, he would have died. Thanks to modern biomedical research, though, he’s…
Almost. Family Tree DNA almost got it right. In late January 2019, we learned that FTDNA had quietly changed their…
On 31 January, 2019, we learned from Buzzfeed that Family Tree DNA had allowed the FBI to use their customer…
This post has been updated. Today, Buzzfeed broke the story that Family Tree DNA has been allowing FBI agents to…