genealogy

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Working with the FBI, Arlington police had finally solved the crime that summer through genetic genealogy, matching the killer’s DNA to relatives in a public database.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

More than genealogy, the term signals a moral orientation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Grandmothers have been prosecuted decades after pregnancy loss thanks to investigators using forensic genetic genealogy to hunt them down.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2025

Laurie’s case marked the first time the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office attempted to identify a murder victim using investigative genealogy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025

And the process of naming “the people” has never been a matter of genealogy and physiognomy so much as one of hierarchy.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates