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American Society of Human Genetics
March 28, 2023
In recent decades, advances in DNA research have allowed scientists to use ancient remains and peer into the lives of…
October 19, 2021
DNA evidence linked to the Atlanta child murders will be tested in Utah with the hope that the results will…
September 9, 2021
Dorothy Morgan worked on the 94th floor of the North Tower. Her daughter remembers her as "amazing, giving, caring."
December 5, 2020
Scientists are seeing promising results from the first studies testing gene editing for sickle cell which affects many Black people.
DNA
April 19, 2019
What are the odds? Two longtime friends using DNA research for different reasons discover they have a deeper connection than…
DNA testing thegrio.com
March 29, 2019
Family Tree DNA is now openly advertising their law enforcement ties and encouraging customers to help them solve crimes.
DNA
March 19, 2019
DNA databases are behind the arrest of both an accused murderer, caught last year, and a cold case that remained…
Elizabeth Warren thegrio.com
January 6, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren stands by her DNA results that show that she does have traces of indigenous blood in her…
immigration thegrio.com
July 11, 2018
The Trump administration's use of DNA testing to match migrant children separated from their parents is justifiable as a last…
May 18, 2016
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who spent 19 years in prison for the killing of a friend…
April 26, 2016
Darryl Pinkins was convicted of rape in May of 1991, and he served 25 years before being released from prison…
November 3, 2015
Tom Jones is going to check into his DNA ancestry to see if he could have black heritage...
June 17, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Rachel Dolezal says there is no proof that her parents are her biological parents.
March 25, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A Houston man has fought a court decision for over a decade that requires him to pay…
January 12, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Man spent 21 years in prison for crime he didn't commit, dies after one year of freedom..
February 4, 2014
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A push by prosecutors and police across the United States to re-examine possible wrongful convictions contributed…
June 17, 2013
VIDEO - A Missouri man who spent three decades in prison for rape he didn't commit is now a free…
May 7, 2013
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday evening's scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of…
April 15, 2013
BAY AREA - Almost three years after being exonerated for a crime thanks to DNA evidence, Terrill Swift was invited…
March 13, 2013
NBC Bay Area - Johnny Williams spent 14 years in prison for an attempted rape he never committed. On Friday,…