Advances in sequencing ancient DNA have revealed that over millenia, people have moved into new regions in successive waves, sometimes intermingling with local folk, sometimes replacing them entirely.

A new Channel 4 documentary reveals Adolf Hitler may have had Kallmann Syndrome, exposing shocking genetic details about his health.

Adding this genetic information to the historical evidence—which indicates that Duke Béla was assassinated in November of 1272 by Ben Henrik of the Héder family (along with his followers), and that the body was then buried by the duke’s sister and niece at the monastery—the identification was finally complete.

State police use DNA evidence to link deceased serial killer Alan Wilmer Sr. to the 1988 murder of 18-year-old Laurie Ann Powell.

Spokane police say Margaret Anselmo was the victim of an apparent random act of violence. Her alleged killer was identified with the help of genetic genealogy.

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix structure, has died at 97. The Nobel Prize winner made the groundbreaking discovery in 1953 at just 24 years old.

Gregory Thompson admitted to sexual battery and conspiring with his wife to send false confession letters from a dead man.

Traditional bisulfite sequencing damages DNA, while enzyme-based alternatives are inconsistent. A novel methylation analysis method, called UMBS-seq, has been published in Nature Communications.