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🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

HS: Patient records were covertly made permanently confidential

A recent law in Finland has covertly made many previously public historical patient records permanently confidential, raising concerns among researchers and genealogists.

Mar 21 • 19:15 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
World

A rare ancient star has been discovered that illuminates the... genealogy of the Universe

Scientists have discovered a rare second-generation star with a notable lack of iron, providing insights into the chemical evolution of the Universe.

Mar 20 • 07:31 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Digitized NSDAP Records: How Many Nazis Were in Your Family?

The U.S. National Archives has made available online member records of the NSDAP, allowing individuals to search for Nazi affiliations within their families.

Mar 19 • 12:22 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

Genealogy boom exposes personal data scammers can exploit

The growth of genealogy as a hobby in North America is leading to potential risks as personal data becomes vulnerable to scammers.

Mar 18 • 13:25 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Sasha wanted to trace her genealogy, instead she uncovered a 30-year mistake

Sasha Szafranski's attempt to trace her genealogy led to the discovery of a significant family mistake that had been hidden for 30 years after a DNA match revealed unexpected familial ties.

Mar 16 • 18:23 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

The inheritance hunters looking for owners of empty apartments in Madrid: "We have made many people rich"

Lorenzo Navarro and his son Guillermo are investigating empty apartments in Madrid to find rightful heirs for deceased owners without known descendants.

Mar 13 • 23:00 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
National & Local

A Tithe is a Transaction Only Between You and God: How the Mormon Community is Organized in Latvia

The article explores the organization of the Mormon community in Latvia, highlighting their practices, financial operations, and the surprising depth of their local knowledge.

Mar 6 • 22:00 UTC
🇨🇿 Aktuálně.cz
National & Local

Czech Player Joins Team After MLB Experience, Discovers Roots Near Prague

Baseball player Terrin Vavra, who has MLB experience, will represent the Czech Republic in the upcoming World Baseball Classic after uncovering his ancestral roots in a genealogical search.

Mar 3 • 13:49 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

The Search for Biological Mothers Turned into a Nightmare: "My Head Started Spinning, I Felt Dirty"

Teresa Weiler, adopted at a young age, reflects on her lifelong feelings of alienation and her quest to understand her biological origins, which became a painful experience.

Feb 27 • 18:22 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

‘Original pro-Lee Jae-myung’ Kim Young-jin: ‘Tracing the genealogy of ‘New Lee Jae-myung’ is not a desirable phenomenon’

Kim Young-jin, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, expressed concerns over the recent internal factionalism based on the term 'New Lee Jae-myung', stating that it is not a desirable phenomenon.

Feb 26 • 01:31 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Search continues for Nancy Guthrie: the new lead on genealogy sites that could help decipher information about the case

Investigators in Tucson, Arizona, are exploring genetic genealogy databases to find leads in the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing since February.

Feb 20 • 10:00 UTC
🇩🇰 DR Nyheder
National & Local

Danish police sends test cases with DNA evidence to U.S. databases

Danish police are sending the first three test cases with DNA evidence to be compared against American genealogical databases as part of a new process enabled by legislation from 2025.

Feb 19 • 13:56 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Genetic genealogy that caught notorious killers now used in Nancy Guthrie case

Investigators are utilizing investigative genetic genealogy to track down suspects involved in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie.

Feb 18 • 00:05 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Your hunt for family history could help police solve cold cases

DNA genealogy is aiding police in New South Wales, Australia, by providing leads for cold cases through genetic information uploaded to ancestry sites.

Feb 13 • 20:03 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Genealogy Company Executive Criticizes Pima Sheriff’s ‘Devastating’ Decision to Send Nancy Guthrie Evidence to Florida Lab

A genealogy company executive criticizes the Pima County Sheriff’s Department for sending evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case to a Florida lab instead of the FBI.

Feb 13 • 19:26 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Tech that unmasked Golden State Killer leads to NSW sex attacks arrest

A 77-year-old man has been arrested in New South Wales for historical sexual assaults dating back to the 1990s, utilizing advanced DNA technology similar to that used in the Golden State Killer case.

Feb 12 • 01:12 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Kate Middleton and Prince William both share an Irish popstar relative

Kate Middleton and Prince William are revealed to be distantly related to Irish popstar Chris De Burgh, alongside their existing familial link to one another.

Jan 3 • 13:52 UTC

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