DNA JUSTICE

A nonprofit DNA database built to support authorized law enforcement investigations through voluntary DNA participation.

Every Person Matters. Every Contribution Counts.

How It Works

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Investigative genetic genealogy uses DNA matches and genealogical research to develop investigative leads. Understanding how the process works—and how voluntarily contributed DNA can help—is an important part of making an informed decision about participation.

What Is Investigative Genetic Genealogy?

Learn how DNA matching and genealogical research can help authorized investigators develop new leads.
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How Can My DNA Help?

Understand how your DNA can help an investigation even when you have no known connection to a case.
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Your DNA, Your Decision

Learn what voluntary participation, informed consent, privacy, and withdrawal mean at DNA Justice.
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Contributors

Learn how voluntarily contributing your DNA can support authorized law enforcement investigations.

Donors

Help sustain the nonprofit database and keep access available to approved law enforcement agencies at no cost.

Law Enforcement

Learn how authorized agencies can access and use DNA Justice as a resource for investigative genetic genealogy.

Partners

Explore organizations working with DNA Justice to support education, outreach, and awareness.

News

Millie Jane Doe

Kenora “Millie” Jane Doe 2009

Kit # 6416

On June 17, 2009, the body of a Caucasian woman was found in a small one-person tent in a wooded area, in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. The investigation revealed that the deceased had at one time undergone reconstruction of the jaw. The

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Help Advance Justice

Your DNA could provide an investigative lead that does not exist today. By voluntarily contributing your DNA to DNA Justice, you can make it available for comparison in authorized law enforcement investigations.