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After less than three months, volunteer genetic genealogists identified Minor, confirmed by DNA testing of a close relative.
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 16 July 2024
One of Larsen’s biographers, George Hutchinson, uncovered a passenger manifest that recorded Larsen’s travel from Denmark, and a Danish genealogist, Shari Jensen, discovered that Larsen’s relatives lived in Copenhagen at the same address as the relatives of the fictional Helga.
—Ethelene Whitmire, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
In May 2020, prosecutors used a DNA sample from Mack’s remains and worked with local law enforcement, a genetic genealogist from the FBI, and the Suffolk County crime laboratory to determine the remains belonged to Mack, according to the district attorney’s bail application.
—Sabrina Souza, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
CeCe Moore, chief genetic genealogist for Parabon NanoLabs, explains how genetic genealogy could be used to learn the victims' identities nearly 100 years later.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 16 July 2024
One of Larsen’s biographers, George Hutchinson, uncovered a passenger manifest that recorded Larsen’s travel from Denmark, and a Danish genealogist, Shari Jensen, discovered that Larsen’s relatives lived in Copenhagen at the same address as the relatives of the fictional Helga.
—Ethelene Whitmire, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
In May 2020, prosecutors used a DNA sample from Mack’s remains and worked with local law enforcement, a genetic genealogist from the FBI, and the Suffolk County crime laboratory to determine the remains belonged to Mack, according to the district attorney’s bail application.
—Sabrina Souza, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
CeCe Moore, chief genetic genealogist for Parabon NanoLabs, explains how genetic genealogy could be used to learn the victims' identities nearly 100 years later.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Genealogist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genealogist. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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