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… ...

Not long after he inscribed the family tree, though, Sarah Washington was born—in November of 1750. And it was to her that Lawrence Washington, already ill, left his estate.

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.

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 ...