At-home DNA kits reveal unknown heirs, sparking inheritance disputes. Estate planners must adapt strategies to protect ...

Growing up, 52-year-old Mary Harris from Texas always felt she didn't quite fit in with her sisters. Their blonde hair and blue eyes contrasted with her own darker features. Driven by curiosity, she ...

Can DNA testing correct wrongful convictions after death? Explore the legal meaning of posthumous DNA testing and what it ...

Genealogists Jennifer Mendelsohn and Dr. Adina Newman have helped Holocaust survivors find long-lost family members. Since launching the Holocaust Reunion Project in 2022, they’ve received hundreds of ...

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered answers that provide the detail to explain two specific DNA repair processes that have long been in question. The publication of two papers ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him.

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you respond to disease. A new study from scientists at The Hospital for Sick ...