A Florida state legislator sponsored the nation's first state-backed genetic screening program after his son died from a rare genetic disease.

At 30 years old, TikToker @panicatthegenepool found out that the dad she grew up with is not her biological father and that ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

FREEHOLD -- The DNA of 8-year-old Sophia Caneiro was found in five locations on a pair of bloody jeans recovered from her uncle's basement after she, her mother, father and 11-year-old brother were ...

Nigerian superstar Davido has issued a public response to a teenager’s DNA test appeal, reigniting debate over a long-running paternity dispute. The response came shortly after Anu shared a letter on ...

Davido faces renewed attention after 13-year-old Anu Adeleke publicly appealed for a fresh DNA test, reigniting a long-running paternity dispute. In the post, she explained that she has faced ...

The home DNA kit was supposed to be a novelty, the kind of thing families unwrap at Christmas and laugh about over brunch. Instead, for a growing number of people, that “just for fun” test is ...

A man who adopted a dog from a shelter earlier this year did a DNA test to finally found out what breed she is, and the results were certainly not what he expected. Brett Miller adopted Birdie, a ...

It's been nearly 30 years since JonBenet Ramsey's haunting Christmastime murder — and there’s renewed optimism that investigators could be closer than ever to solving it. Boulder police, who have made ...

A woman discovered her biological father at age 47 after taking an Ancestry DNA test. The test revealed her father was a man her mother had a brief encounter with in 1976, not the man she previously ...