Editing Genealogy (section)

===Legal and forensic research===
{{main|Investigative genetic genealogy}}
[[Lawyers]] involved in [[Probate|probate cases]] do genealogy to locate heirs of property.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/special-reports/next-kin-lose-inheritances-local-authorities-outsource-heir/ |title=Next of kin lose out on inheritances as local authorities outsource heir hunters |last=Brennan |first=Harry |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=30 October 2018  |access-date=2 Jul 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624205402/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/special-reports/next-kin-lose-inheritances-local-authorities-outsource-heir/ |archive-date=24 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-jewish-heir-hunter-tracks-down-missing-relatives-who-now-stand-to-inherit/ |title=UK's Jewish 'heir hunter' tracks down missing relatives who now stand to inherit |last=Ghert-Zand |first=Renee |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=2 Jul 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624205402/https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-jewish-heir-hunter-tracks-down-missing-relatives-who-now-stand-to-inherit/ |archive-date=24 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Detectives]] may perform genealogical research using [[DNA evidence]] to identify victims of [[homicides]] or perpetrators of crimes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insideedition.com/gedmatch-helped-give-annie-doe-her-name-back-some-fear-shes-among-last-site-revamps-privacy-policy |title=GEDmatch Helped Give 'Annie Doe' Her Name Back. Some Fear She's Among the Last as Site Revamps Privacy Policy |last=Nolan |first=Caitlin |website=Inside Edition |date=June 2019 |access-date=2 Jul 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624205403/https://www.insideedition.com/gedmatch-helped-give-annie-doe-her-name-back-some-fear-shes-among-last-site-revamps-privacy-policy |archive-date=24 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/a-murder-trial-will-allow-dna-evidence-from-a-genealogy-site/ |title=A Murder Trial Will Allow DNA Evidence From a Genealogy Site |last=Molteni |first=Megan |magazine=Wired |access-date=2 Jul 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619155336/https://www.wired.com/story/a-murder-trial-will-allow-dna-evidence-from-a-genealogy-site/ |archive-date=19 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.topic.com/the-cold-case-factory |title=The Cold Case Factory |last=Weinman |first=Sarah |website=Topic Magazine |access-date=2 Jul 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702201514/https://www.topic.com/the-cold-case-factory |archive-date=2 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/us/nevada-dna-solves-decades-old-cold-case/index.html |title=Thanks to DNA sleuths, a Jane Doe killed 37 years ago might finally get a headstone with her name on it |last=Almasy |first=Steve |website=CNN |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=2 Jul 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516010506/https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/us/nevada-dna-solves-decades-old-cold-case/index.html |archive-date=16 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Arrest-of-suspected-Golden-State-Killer-through-12872258.php |title=Arrest of suspected Golden State Killer through genealogy opens 'Pandora's box' |last=Johnson |first=Lizzie |website=San Francisco Chronicle |date=29 April 2018 |access-date=2 Jul 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624205402/https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Arrest-of-suspected-Golden-State-Killer-through-12872258.php |archive-date=24 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>