Investigative genetic genealogy, also known as forensic genomics, is an emerging technique for locating perpetrators or victims in criminal investigations by using genetic data from direct-to-consumer companies.

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Forensic genomics uses DNA segments called identity-by-descent (IBD) segments, which show shared ancestors, to identify unknown people.

This information is adequate to identify every person inside a publicly available genetic genealogy database when combined with demographic markers like gender, age, and place of residence. In order to identify relatives of prospective suspects, law enforcement organizations have uploaded genealogy data from crime scenes.

Genetic ancestry specialists then construct family trees and analyze demographic identifiers, either straight for law enforcement organizations or via one of the numerous businesses that have been established to work on these cases. Traditional forensic genomics has focused on using human DNA in police investigations and civil court cases, but it now has a far larger applicability spectrum, covering legal issues in the strictest sense and frequently, ways to avoid legal proceedings…