And after getting a lead, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Genetic Genealogy team analyzed Robert Hayes’ family tree using public DNA databases and identified Hayes as the donor of the ...

The 44-year-old actor is estranged from father Ronald Hayes, but decided to research his paternal ancestors for the TLC genealogy series. Hayes sought to better understand his dad, who was placed ...

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement representative said it was information from the genealogy site that pointed to Hayes. That put him on Palm Beach Sheriff’s detectives’ radar.