With the help of DNA testing, relatives can be found using many different testing techniques. Grandparents can find grandchildren. Adoptive parents can find children. Loved ones can use many tools to search for and find who they think could be relatives—court...
A Special Report from News Center 10 was released last week in the reuniting of Denise Plath-Slatterly’s long-lost sister, “Lory” (also spelled “Lori” in other reports). It all started when Denise turned to Facebook after 20 years of searching to find her...
Recent news about DNA tests that link the First Lady Michelle Obama’s ancestry to slave owners have stirred up some interest about the different ways in which DNA testing can be used in family research. Similar to the techniques discussed in the adoption DNA...
President Obama announced Sunday that Osama Bin Laden has been killed in Pakistan Sunday by a CIA-led team. According to news reports, his identity was verified using facial recognition as well as DNA testing, which gave a 99.9% probability of a DNA match—meaning that...
One of the questions we’re sometimes asked is whether or not a paternity test can distinguish between brothers who are both possible fathers. The answer is Yes. However, brothers may share many common DNA markers used in paternity testing, so the laboratory may need...