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July 2010 Consultant, Elmer Crawford Murder Case, Melbourne, Victoria Police Department - Assisted Melbourne law enforcement in locating a mitochondrial DNA reference in … Continue reading
Posted in About Me
Tagged AFDIL, Amelia Earhart, Amnesiac, Angel at the Fence, Apple over the Fence, Benjaman Kyle, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Elmer Crawford, Forensic Genealogist, Forensic Genealogy, Forensic Science Panel Discussion, Fred Noonan, Herman Rosenblat, Holocaust Literary Fraud, Los Angeles Police Dept, Melbourne Police Department, Misha Defonseca, Northwest FLight 4422, Roma Rosenblat, Sideny Leslie Goodwin, SPIE, Surviving with Wolves, Survivre avec les Loups, The Apple Story, The Grim Sleeper, Titanic Baby, Unknown Child on the Titani
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Unknown Child on the Titanic – Part IV (Conclusion)
When AFDIL attempted an identification through Y-DNA, I was asked by my colleague Dr. Odile Loreille to find a Y-DNA reference for Sidney Goodwin. We were just finishing up the identification of The Hand in the Snow, so she knew I was … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Identifications
Tagged AFDIL, Alan Ruffman, Alma Paulson, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Augusta Goodwin, Charles Goodwin, DNA Identification, Eino Viljami Panula, Eugene Francis Rice, Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Forensic Genealogy, Frederick Goodwin, Gosta Paulson, Graeme Goodwin, Halifax, Identifinders, Jessie Goodwin, Lillian Goodwin, Mackay-Bennett, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, Odile Loreille, Rebecca Just, Ryan Parr, Sidney Leslie Goodwin, Titanic, Unidentified, Unknown Child, William Goodwin, Y-DNA
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Unknown Child on the Titanic – Part III
To understand what happened next, you have to know a little about mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Mitochondrial DNA is contained in small, football-shaped inclusions outside the nucleus of a cell. It’s widely believed that mitochondria were once independent bacteria that invaded … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Identifications
Tagged AFDIL, Alan Ruffman, Alfred Edward Peacock, Alma Paulson, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, DNA Identification, Eino Viljami Panula, Eugene Francis Rice, Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Forensic Genealogy, Gilber Sigvard Danbom, Gosta Leonard Paulson, Gosta Paulson, Halifax, Identifinders, Mackay-Bennett, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, Odile Loreille, Ryan Parr, Sidney Leslie Goodwin, Titanic, Unidentified, Unknown Child, Y-DNA
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Unknown Child on the Titanic – Part II
After eight and a half decades, there was little left of the child’s body. Only a small piece of wrist bone and the crowns of three tiny baby teeth had survived the inclement weather and damp, slightly acidic soil. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Identifications
Tagged AFDIL, Alan Ruffman, ancient DNA, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Clarence Nothover, DNA Identification, Eino Viljami Panula, Eugene Francis Rice, Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Forensic Genealogy, forensic odontology, Gilber Sigvard Danbom, Gosta Paulson, Halifax, Identifinders, Mackay-Bennett, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, Odile Loreille, Ryan Parr, Sidney Leslie Goodwin, Titanic, Unidentified, Unknown Child
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Unknown Child on the Titanic – Part I
On April 20-23 1912, on its mission from Halifax to salvage remains from the Titanic, the crew of the cable ship Mackay-Bennett pulled 306 bodies from the frigid waters of the north Atlantic. Only one of them, body No. 4, … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Identifications
Tagged AFDIL, Alan Ruffman, Alma Paulson, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Disaster, DNA Identification, Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Forensic Genealogy, Genesis Genomics, Geomarine Associates Ltd, Gosta Paulson, Halifax, Identifinders, Mackay-Bennett, Military Identifications, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, Odile Loreille, Ryan Parr, Titanic, Unidentified, Unknown Child
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Maurice Conway
The best part of our projects is the good friendships we form with the people whose lives we touch. On our recent trip to Ireland, Andy and I visited with Maurice Conway and his family in Co. Limerick. Maurice provided the DNA … Continue reading
Posted in Military Identifications, Uncategorized
Tagged AFDIL, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Askeaton, County Limerick, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Frank van Zandt, Hand in the Snow, Ireland, Kevin McGregor, LCN, Low Copy Number, Marc Millican, Margaret Conway, Maurice Conway, Mike Grimm Sr., Military Identifications, mitochondrial DNA, Morgans, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, mtDNA, Northwest FLight 4422, Odile Loreille, Rathkeale, Ted Robinson, The Hand in the Snow, Unidentified, Unidentified Soldiers, Y-DNA
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The Hand in the Snow
Our blog would not be complete without a mention of The Hand in the Snow. This was our first big military identification case with the Armed Forces DNA ID Laboratory, performed with a dream team of top forensic scientists. Our successful … Continue reading
Posted in Military Identifications
Tagged AFDIL, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Askeaton, DNA Identification, Frank van Zandt, Kevin McGregor, LCN, Low Copy Number, Marc Millican, Maurice Conway, Mike Grimm Sr., Military Identifications, mitochondrial DNA, Mount Sanford, mtDNA, Northwest FLight 4422, Odile Loreille, Ted Robinson, The Hand in the Snow
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Case Histories
I have been fortunate to have been a key member of several projects that have challenged my abilities as a forensic genealogist. Several have been posted on my Identifinders International site. The Hand in the Snow, James Jake-Smithers-Gray, and Benjaman … Continue reading
