DNA testing

A DNA test changed Michael Bennett’s life forever

Tina Ennis and Jill Lopez were 55 when they learned they were switched as babies at an Oklahoma hospital. Now they’re opening up about the aftermath

DNA recovered from the interior of a conch shell thought to have been used as a weapon in the 2001 killing of a Massachusetts woman has led to the indictment on a murder charge of the victim’s half-brother, prosecutors said.

DNA analysis has been around for decades, and it’s a crucial tool for solving violent crimes, but until recently, it was nearly impossible to collect DNA evidence left at shooting scenes. That changed with a process developed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The day after Christmas in 2019, two men walked into a Denny’s in...

The grandson of President Warren Harding and a lover has asked a court for permission to dig up the Republican’s remains

A Northern California judge on Thursday approved prosecutors’ request to take more DNA samples from a man charged with being the infamous “Golden State Killer” who eluded arrest for decades. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steve White also told prosecutors to informally decide who is empowered to consider defense attorneys’ offer have Joseph James DeAngelo plead guilty in exchange for…

Kathy Romano is a fixture on WMMR’s “Preston & Steve Show.” When the radio host took a home DNA test, she discovered new family members as a result. NBC10’s Jim Rosenfield has her family’s story.

A host on WMMR’s popular Preston & Steve Show says that a DNA test revealed how family is even bigger than anyone thought.

When a body was found at a mobile home park during the Sandalwood Fire in Calimesa last October, family members of 89-year-old Lois Arvickson feared it was her. They were on the phone with the mother, grandmother and great-grandmother when the line went dead. They searched nearby shelters to see if Arvickson had survived, but couldn’t find her. It...

Authorities say new DNA tests have allowed them to solve the rape and murder of a woman whose body was found at the boardwalk of a seaside city in New Jersey nearly three decades ago

NBC10’s Jim Rosenfield recently detailed the surprising, sometimes difficult discoveries that people make after taking home DNA tests. As these tests become more ubiquitous, some groups are trying to help people navigate the fallout.

DNA testing is exposing long-hidden family secrets. More than 20 million people have shared their DNA with home testing companies which make it clear the results can be “unexpected facts” about yourself. But for one family, the unexpected fact shook their family tree down to the roots. NBC10’s Jim Rosenfield shows us how two sons’ love for their father exposed…

Two families with lifelong secrets unearthed because of home DNA test kits are now dealing with the truth. Here’s what their stories tell us about the shock that can come from new ancestry technology, and how to deal with it.