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Genetic Genealogy
Meet the Sophomore Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy to Close Cold Cases: Olivia McCarter
Olivia McCarter is just 19 years old, but she’s already been a part of three forensic genealogy successes. As a freshman at the University of South Alabama, Olivia wondered ...
Obtaining DNA Profiles from Rootless Hairs
Throughout the years, conventional wisdom has said that rootless hair shafts do not contain DNA, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. In this interview, Ed Green, Pr...
GEDmatch: A Platform for Data Driven Forensic Intelligence
Today’s blog is written by Swathi A. Kumar, Director of Product Management at Verogen. Read the full version in the November 2020 issue of The ISHI Report. GEDmatch...
GEDmatch: A Genealogy Platform Allowing Users and Law Enforcement to Make Familial Connections
GEDmatch is a genetic genealogy website with over 1.4M users who want to learn more about their genetic roots. It was set up in 2010 with the mission of using science to conne...
Instructional Design for Forensic Genealogy
Forensic Genealogy Training for Law Enforcement (FG4LE) is an online educational program developed by Anthony Redgrave, lead forensic genealogist of Redgrave Research Forensic...
Forensic Genealogy and Missing Persons Cases
In this interview, we talk with Dr. Bruce Budowle, Director for the Center for Human Identification at the University of North Texas Health Science Center to learn more about ...
Identifying the Oldest Doe Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy: Henry Joseph Loveless
In the summer of 1979, a family was searching for artifacts in Buffalo Cave, a dark lava tube outside of the small and remote town of Dubois, Idaho. Approximately 200 feet fro...
A DNA Testing Framework for Addressing the “Silent” Mass Disaster of Unidentified Remains and Unsolved Crimes
Today’s blog is written by David Mittelman, PhD and Michael Vogen (Othram, Inc.) Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. The search for answers began in 1994 ...
Christine Jessop’s Killer Identified: Solved Cold Case Raises Questions about Genetic Privacy
Today’s blog is written by Julia Creet, Professor of English, York University, Canada. Reposted from The Conversation with permission. Julia Creet, York University, C...