Sports columnist Sally Jenkins answered your questions about her new fascination, genealogy, during a live chat.

George Washington’s adopted son was a bit of a ne’er-do-well by most accounts, including those of Washington himself, who wrote about his frustrations with the boy they called “Wa… ...

The research team used Y chromosome DNA to study the paternal relationships in the Washington family tree. A new method of sequencing genetic data allowed the team to study nearly 100,000 single ...

WASHINGTON — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the state's first convictions and sentencing as a result of a new forensic genetic genealogy program that helped solved multiple ...

An investigation at a cemetery uncovered skeletal remains belonging to some of George Washington’s relatives. The remains of Washington’s family members were located in unmarked graves. In ...

WASHINGTON, USA — The Washington State Legislature approved Attorney General Bob Ferguson's budget request for $500,000 to fund genetic genealogy and DNA testing for unidentified remains in ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Monday that grants from his office have recently helped local law enforcement agencies solve three cold cases using genetic genealogy ...

In 2024, the Sheriff's Office raised funds for further testing, and in early 2025, a private laboratory in Texas used forensic genetic genealogy to link the DNA to Jeffrey's extended family.

They attributed this to pedigree collapse — when marriages between relatives shortens the number of ancestors — caused by multiple cross-cousin marriages in the Washington family tree. “The ...

EVERETT, Wash. — A man has been arrested in connection to the 1989 murder of a Washington woman, the Everett Police Department announced on Tuesday. Mary Ann Daniels, a 33-year-old disabled ...