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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 Identifinders, AFDIL, Forensic Genealogy, Unidentified, Military Identifications, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Odile Loreille, DNA Identification, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, Unknown Child, Titanic, Disaster, Gosta Paulson, Alma Paulson, Ryan Parr, Genesis Genomics, Alan Ruffman, Geomarine Associates Ltd, Halifax, Mackay-Bennett, Fairview Lawn Cemetery
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Jeni’s Family Reunion
Jeni Reed was raised by her maternal grandmother and knew almost nothing about her dad Thomas McKay. Yet we were able to find him! I surprised Jeni with the news on June 16. To add to the excitement, we discovered that … Continue reading
23 and Me Male and Female Haplgroups
I just spent the evening reviewing the male and female haplogroups of Benjaman’s 23 and Me matches that are predicted to be at the 3rd and 4th cousins levels. I was hoping to find a geographical pattern that might indicate his origins. … Continue reading
Posted in Benjaman Kyle
Tagged 23 and Me, Amnesiac, Benjaman Kyle, DNA Identification, E1b1a8a, Forensic Genealogy, G2a, Haplogroup, I1*, Identifinders, Indianapolis, L3e5, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, Q1a3a, R1b1b2a, SNPs, Subclade, Y-DNA
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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
