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As it turned out, the two women were not the only ones trying to track down William Bradford Bishop. The U.S. government had also been trying to find him since the 1970s, when he was accused of brutally murdering his wife, mother and three sons in their home in Bethesda, Maryland. “[Gillmor] said ‘OK, I found your father. All I’m going to do is give you his name,’” Gillcrist told WECT. “I said, ‘Is it someone famous?’ She said, ‘Um, yeah.’ I just laughed. We have a great sen...

flickr Credit Tony Webster   In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, titled “America’s Brutal Racial History Is Written All Over Our Genes,” Libby Copeland writes: “The debate around race consuming America right now is coinciding with a technological phenomenon — at-home genetic testing kits — revealing many of us are not who we thought we were. Some customers of the major DNA testing companies, which collectively have sold 37 million of these kits, are getting results that surpri...

About 20% of Americans have taken a genetic test, perhaps in the hopes of finding answers about their family origins or potential health problems. But as...

Updated: 5:33 AM CST Feb 19, 2021 Lisa Robinson I-Team Reporter For many Black Americans, knowing their heritage has been difficult because of the slave trade. Over the years, many have gathered stories from family members, but the availability of kits that sequence DNA has led to knowledge Black Americans never previously had. For years, Melvin Collier of Maryland has been researching where he comes from using census records, other documents and oral histories wit...

2,100 kits from Bristol County were discovered, some as old as the late 1980s, after the district attorney undertook an audit on his own initiative.

Ivan Keith is now sentenced to prison for more than 40 years after pleading guilty and being sentenced for a total of four rapes in Massachusetts. He admitted to kidnapping and raping women who were just going about their every day lives.

Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz said dealing with the matter would have a significant impact on crime-fighting, especially when dealing with gender-based violence and femicide.

Family of Wendy Stephens finds closure 38 years later, thanks to improvements in forensic genealogy After nearly four decades, a Denver family finally has some answers about what happened to Wendy Stephens. and last updated 2021-02-10 01:31:08-05 DENVER — After nearly four decades, a Denver family finally has some answers about what happened to Wendy Stephens. Stephens was just 14 years old when she disappeared in 1983 in Denver; the teen’s parents had filed a missing person’s re...

Can you imagine finding out you're older than you actually are thanks to a DNA test? Thats what happened to this Tik Toker!

Can you imagine finding out you're older than you actually are thanks to a DNA test? Thats what happened to this Tik Toker!