Many law enforcement agencies are relying on crowdfunding to pay for genetic genealogy, which has helped solve hundreds of cases in recent years.

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DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.