‘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 old car with two young sons, their father in the wind. She was pregnant again. Nine months pregnant. But she didn’t show much, and layered against […]
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 of South Alabama, she was one of the youngest to work forensic cases using forensic investigative genetic genealogy. Olivia had never done genealogy work before, […]
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, including homicides, sexual assaults, and Unidentified Human Remains (UHRs) cases. FGG employs SNP sequence data uploaded to genetic genealogy databases (i.e., FamilyTreeDNA® and GEDmatch PRO®) to identify […]
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 Ramapo College of New Jersey; Founding Partner of Coast to Coast Genetic Genealogy Services. Investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) has become a leading method for restoring the names of the long-term […]
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 away from attending the ISHI conference such as discussing challenges with other attendees. She also talks about what she’s currently working on, educating the general public about uploading their DNA […]
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 the UIDAI Program, and has recently published papers on ballistic imaging and sexual assault kits. At ISHI 32 last year, Larry spoke on developing a systematic approach […]
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, including homicides, sexual assaults, and Unidentified Human Remains (UHRs) cases. In forensic investigations, following traditional Forensic DNA (STR) analysis and CODIS upload (within the United States), and failure […]
Using Advanced DNA Technology to Close Cold Cases
Michael Vogen, Director of Case Management at Othram discusses new ways that DNA technology is assisting to close cold cases and provide names to the unidentified. He discusses the DNASolves platform and community advocate group that Othram has built to share cases they are working on, raise funding, and to collect DNA samples specifically to […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: DNA Doe Project
Travis sits down with Kevin Lord, Director of Lab and Agency Logistics with the DNA Doe Project. Though he has experience in all facets of utilizing investigative genetic genealogy to solve law enforcement cases, in his current role, he works with agencies to determine the best way to approach each case, and shepherds each precious […]
