DNA Tests

• Woman found dead in Lake Ontario identified years later through family in Switzerland

  Toronto police say they have solved the case of a woman found dead in Humber Bay Shores Park in 2017 through genetic genealogy, linking her to family in Switzerland.

  Canada

  May 22, 2024
  
• Newfoundland and Labrador police review homicide evidence after DNA mix-up

  Lloyd Strickland, the province's assistant director of public prosecutions, says the chief medical examiner's office was notified by the RCMP on Sept. 30 that DNA from one homicide victim had surfaced in another case.

  Crime

  Jan 27, 2020
  
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• Pentagon warns U.S. military not to take DNA tests due to potential ‘risks’

  The U.S. military is warning its members to stay away from genetic ancestry tests this holiday season.

  Trending

  Dec 24, 2019
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• Longtime friends learn they’re actually brothers after one beats cancer

  The men's mothers also sang in the same choir for over a decade, not knowing their sons were related.

  Lifestyle

  Apr 24, 2019
• Government using ancestry websites to deport immigrants: lawyer, court documents

  The Canadian Border Services Agency is collecting the DNA of immigrants and using ancestry websites to find long-lost family members in order to establish nationalities.

  Investigations

  Nov 1, 2018
• ‘It’s indescribable:’ Sisters reunited after 54 years apart through a DNA test

  After years of missing birthdays together, the joys of learning to share toys and important life moments, the two sisters were finally able to find each other.

  Trending

  May 10, 2018
• RCMP investigate switched at birth cases in northern Manitoba

  The Manitoba RCMP launched an investigation into the case surrounding two cases of babies switched at birth in Norway House, Man., 41-years-ago.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2016
• Health Canada offers DNA tests after 2 switched-at-birth cases in Manitoba

  Health Canada says it will offer free DNA tests following the case of two men in northern Manitoba who learned they were switched at birth more than 40 years ago.

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2016
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• Alberta man charged with murder of common-law wife a decade ago denied bail 

  Duane Redelback was arrested in the fall of 2015 and charged with the second-degree murder of 40-year-old Ruth Degayo.

  Crime

  Aug 24, 2016