Tag Archives: DNA Identification

Identifinders International Wins Fifth Place for DNA Hit of the Year

Posted on June 24, 2020 by identifinders

Identifinders International, in conjunction with the King Co. WA Sheriff’s Office, has been awarded Fifth Place in the Gordon Thomas Honeywell (GTH) DNA Hit of the Year Competition out of a field of 50 entries from 20 countries for their pioneering work on the 1991 Sarah Yarborough homicide. Continue reading →

Posted in Cold Cases, Crime and Law Enforcement, DNA Testing, Uncategorized | Tagged autosomal SNP testing, Cold case, DNA Hit of the Year, DNA Identification, Federal Way, Forensic Genealogy, genetic genealogy, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Government Affairs, King County Sheriff's Office, Phoenix Canal Murders, Sarah Yarborough, Seattle Police Department, Termo Fisher, Virtual HIDS Conference, Y-STR | 1 Comment

DNA-The Next Big Gold Rush?

Posted on May 29, 2017 by identifinders

The discovery of gold at Sutters Mill, CA in 1848 promised untold wealth for those who had the resources and stamina to outlast the competition. At the dawn of the California Gold Rush, there were no laws governing property rights; prospectors depended on … Continue reading →

Posted in DNA Testing, Uncategorized | Tagged 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Ann Wojecki, autosomal DNA, Autosomal SNP Tests, Bloom's Disease, California Gold Rush, claim jumping, DNA, DNA Identification, FDA, Forensic Genealogy, Genentech, General Mining Act of 1872, HIPPA, Identifinders, Mexican American War, MyHeritageDNA | 2 Comments

ISHI 27 – David O’Shea and the Grandmothers of the Plaza

Posted on October 2, 2016 by identifinders

The keynote at the 27th annual International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI27) was given by internationally recognized video journalist David O’Shea. O’Shea addressed the conference on the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Asociación Civil Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo), a human rights organization formed in Argentina in 1977 in response to the disappearance of hundreds of children who were either kidnapped or born to mothers who were “disappeared” political dissidents during the country’s “Dirty War” in 1974-1983. Continue reading →

Posted in DNA Testing, Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Uncategorized | Tagged Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo, Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, Birth Parents, Carlos Durand Hospital, David O'Shea, DNA Identification, Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Estela Barnes de Carlotto, Felipe and Marcela Noble, Forensic Genealogy, Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Grupo Clarin, Identifinders, Ignacio Guido Montoya Carlotto, Ignacio Hurban, Ignacio Montoyo Carlotto, International Symposium on Human Identification, ISHI27, Jorge Rafael Videla, Missing Persons, National Genetic Databank, Unidentified | Leave a comment

Extreme Genealogy – Arrival in Berlin and First Visit to the Berlin Bundesarchiv

Posted on August 24, 2016 by identifinders

Flight to Berlin and Arrival Thursday, August 11, 2016 My trip from Los Angeles to Berlin went smoothly with a layover in Keflavik Interntional Airport. It is the cleanest airport in the world. It felt more like an igloo than an … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged 23andMe, Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime, Auschwitz, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berlin, Berlin Schoenefeld Airport, Birth Parents, Bundesarchiv, Bundesarchiv Lichterfeld, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gunter Wehner, Gustav Urbschat, Identifinders, Keflavik International Airport, Leo David Spiro, Margarete Kaufmann, missing-identity, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Resistance, Unidentified, Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes, Warsaw Ghetto, Widerstand in Berlin gegen das Nazi Regime | 2 Comments

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part IX – Gertrude’s Sisters!

Posted on June 15, 2016 by identifinders

Since 2012 we have been trying to discover the birth identity of Pnina Gutman, who as an infant was smuggled from the Warsaw Ghetto with the assistance of a woman named Gertrud Spiro. We realized from the beginning that our best chance at solving the mystery was to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged Albert Alfred Roehrs, Auschwitz, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berjosowka, Berlin Bundesarchiv, Berlin Landesarchiv, Berta Johanna Priess, Birth Parents, Bladiau, DNA Identification, East Prussia, Ernst Otto Gerlach, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gross Lindenau, Heiligenheil, Identifinders, Kaliningrad Oblast, Landgemeinde, Leipzig Stadtarchiv, Martha Maria Priess, missing-identity, Oserki, Paplauken, Pawiak Prison, Pjatidoroschnoje, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Quilitten, Schukowa, Timirjasewo, Tooenhagen, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto | 4 Comments

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part VIII – Gertrud and Leo’s Trial

Posted on May 19, 2016 by identifinders

Das Bundesarchiv Trial Records According to Widerstand in Berlin gegen das NS-Regime 1933 bis 1945 (Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi Regime 1933-1945), Leo and Gertrud Spiro were put on trial in Berlin in 1938. Trying to locate their court records, I contacted the … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged Auschwitz, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berlin, Bernberg, Birth Parents, Brandenburg Prison, Bundesarchiv, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrud Priess, Gertrud Spiro, Gertrud-Priess Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gunter Wehner, Gustav Urbschat, Identifinders, Jewish Historical Institute, Kammergericht, Leo David Spiro, Margarete Kaufmann, missing-identity, Pawiak Prison, Plotzensee, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Polizeigefangnis, Ravensbruck, Sachenhausen, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto, Widerstand in Berlin gegen das NS-Regime 1933 bis 1945 | Leave a comment

Who Was Joseph Smith?

Posted on January 14, 2016 by identifinders

The early life of Joseph Eugene Smith is a complete mystery. Joseph’s son Morton and Morton’s daughter Karen have researched Joseph for over 20 years, yet they still don’t know who he was. Hopefully by reading his story, someone may come forward with … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Alvin York, Ashkenazi, autosomal DNA, Black Jack Pershing, Camp Zachary Taylor, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Fort Lewis, Identifinders, Joseph Smith, Major Charles Whittlesey, Meuse Argonne Forrest, missing-identity, National Records Center, The Lost Battalion, Unidentified, Y-DNA | 3 Comments

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part VI – Our Search for Gertrude Spiro

Posted on January 2, 2015 by identifinders

Gertrude Spiro must have been well-connected. She was the proprietor of a liquor and cigarette shop at 2 Nowiniarksa St. in Warsaw in 1941-1942. The shop undoubtedly generated a lot of income for whoever owned it; liquor and cigarettes are two of the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged 23andMe, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Auschwitz, Auschwitz Poems, Barbara Engleking, Barbara Wenglinski, Berlin, Bernburg Euthanasia Center, Birth Parents, Brandenberg Prison, Communist Party, Concentration Camp, DNA Identification, Empty Water, Find-A-Grave, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Preiss-Spiro, Gertrude Spiro, I Survived Auschwitz, Identifinders, International Tracing Service, Jewish Historical Institute, Krystyna Zywulska, Leo David Spiro, missing-identity, Nowiniarska St, Pawiak Prison, Pawiak Wiezienie Gestapo, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Polizeigefangnis, Przeżyłam Oświęcim, Pusta Woda, Ravensbruch, Ravensbruch Gedenkbuch, Regina Domanska, Sachenhausen, Sonia Priess-Spiro, Sonia Spiro, The Warsaw Ghetto: A Guide to the Perished City, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, Widerstand in Berlin gegen das NS | 1 Comment

DNA Pilot Study on Missing Identity Holocaust Children – 2013 IAJGS Conference

Posted on May 9, 2014 by identifinders

In August 2012, I was invited to give a lecture at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies in Boston, MA, on our pilot project to identify two missing-identity child survivors of the Holocaust. Please enjoy the video of my talk that … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust Project | Tagged 23andMe, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, Child Survivor, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spyra, Holocaust, Identifinders, Jewish Historical Institute, JewishGen.org, JRI Poland, missing-identity, Otwoc, Otwoc Orphanage, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Rebhun, Rozwadow, Stela Walowa, Unidentified, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Warsaw Ghetto, Weglinski, Wenglinski, Yad Vashem | Leave a comment

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part V – Gertrude and Sonia’s Escape

Posted on March 7, 2014 by identifinders

Gertrude and Sonia Preiss-Spiro’s names are listed on the transport to Auschwitz of 141 women from Pawiak prison in Warsaw on 24 August 1943. Pawiak prison was originally used by the Polish judicial to incarcerate criminals, but after the Nazi … Continue reading →

Posted in DNA Testing, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged 23andMe, Auschwitz, autosomal DNA, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Preiss-Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Identifinders, Nowiniarska St, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Sonia Preiss-Spiro, transport, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto, zloty | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: DNA Identification

Identifinders International Wins Fifth Place for DNA Hit of the Year

DNA-The Next Big Gold Rush?

ISHI 27 – David O’Shea and the Grandmothers of the Plaza

Extreme Genealogy – Arrival in Berlin and First Visit to the Berlin Bundesarchiv

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part IX – Gertrude’s Sisters!

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part VIII – Gertrud and Leo’s Trial

Who Was Joseph Smith?

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part VI – Our Search for Gertrude Spiro

DNA Pilot Study on Missing Identity Holocaust Children – 2013 IAJGS Conference

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part V – Gertrude and Sonia’s Escape

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