‘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 […]
Women Advancing Forensics: Andrea Ramírez Torres
Meet some of the women who are propelling the field of forensic science forward. In this interview, we meet Andrea Ramírez Torres, a student at Penn State University. Andrea’s interest in forensic science began like many others through television shows like CSI, but it was the pursuit of social justice that drew her into […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! L.A. Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Decades is Declared Innocent After DNA […]
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, […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Alabama Serial Rapist Musician Tied to ‘Horrifying’ Attacks Through DNA Research […]
Can Neurodegenerative Disease Be Revealed Through NGS for Forensic DNA Typing?
This project sought to investigate if neurodegenerative disease can be revealed using a forensic DNA typing assay using next-generation sequencing (NGS). The forensic markers utilized for the identification of individuals were, in part, chosen because they are within noncoding regions of the genome. These noncoding regions were designed to be free of any additional […]
In the Bones: How DNA Identification Helps to Bring Closure to Families of Migrants Missing on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger Rebekah Zemansky. Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. “We’ve been told that current crossings are down, so deaths are going to be down,” Dr. Bruce Anderson says. “We’ve not been under a hundred and forty deaths in a calendar year in a decade.” Anderson has […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! DNA Links Southern California Man to 1981 Killings of 2 Women: […]
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 […]
