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Genetic Genealogy
Investigative Genetic Genealogy is in Urgent Need of Standards and a Certification Exam, and the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Accreditation Board is Working to Provide Them
Today’s blog is written by guest bloggers David Gurney, CeCe Moore, Margaret Press, Carol Rolnick, Bonnie Bossert, and Andrew Hochreiter. Reposted from The ISHI Report with ...
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Parabon NanoLabs
Travis chats with Ellen Greytak, the director of Bioinformatics, of Parabon NanonLabs who describes the identification of “JB55” who had died in the 1800’s. ...
‘Baby Alpha Beta’ and the Birth of Investigative Genetic Genealogy
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger Edward Humes. Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. She was in her twenties, homeless, out of money, living in an ol...
Catching up with Olivia McCarter: Genealogy with ‘Moxie’
Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. You may recognize Olivia McCarter as a former ISHI Student Ambassador. At 19 years old and a freshman at the University o...
Manually Degraded SNP Microarray Data on GEDmatch Top Matches for Forensic Genetic Genealogy
Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) has recently become a valuable tool in the forensic science community and is having a great impact on the resolution of unresolved cases, incl...
Their Own Clues: How Decendents’ Mementos Provide Supporting Evidence to Identification
Today’s guest blog is written by Cairenn Binder, Director of Education and Development at DNA Doe Project; Director, Investigative Genetic Genealogy Certificate Program at R...
Catching Up with Colleen Fitzpatrick
Travis sits down with Colleen Fitzpatrick, founder of Identifinders International, and longtime attendee and speaker at ISHI. In this interview, Colleen shares what she takes ...
Analysis of the Genealogy Process in Investigative Genetic Genealogy
Travis chats with Larry Wein, a professor at Stanford University who has provided U.S. Congressional testimony on the US-VISIT Program and an Indian Supreme Court briefing on ...
Previewing the Posters of Our ISHI Student Ambassadors: Justin Rivera
Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) has recently become a valuable tool in the forensic science community and is having a great impact on the resolution of unresolved cases, incl...