The overview of forensic genetic genealogy [PDF]
Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2023 Forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) benefits largely from popularity of genealogical research within (mostly) American society and the advent of new sequencing techniques that allow typing of challenging
Urszula Rogalla-Ładniak
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Analysis of the genealogy process in forensic genetic genealogy [PDF]
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2022 AbstractThe genealogy process is typically the most time‐consuming part of—and a limiting factor in the success of—forensic genetic genealogy, which is a new approach to solving violent crimes and identifying human remains. We formulate a stochastic dynamic program that—given the list of matches and their genetic distances to the unknown target—chooses
Lawrence Wein, Mine Su Erturk
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Law enforcement use of genetic genealogy databases in criminal investigations: Nomenclature, definition and scope [PDF]
Forensic Science International: SynergyAlthough law enforcement use of commercial genetic genealogy databases has gained prominence since the arrest of the Golden State Killer in 2018, and it has been used in hundreds of cases in the United States and more recently in Europe and Australia, it
Oliver M. Tuazon +5 more
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Identification of a decedent in a 103-year-old homicide case using forensic anthropology and genetic genealogy [PDF]
Forensic Sciences Research, 2022 Anthropologists are often the custodians of long-term unidentified human remains though their positions as curators of university or museum skeletal collections. Various factors decrease the solvability of these legacy cases including the passage of time,
Amy R. Michael +4 more
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Problematizing consent: searching genetic genealogy databases for law enforcement purposes
New Genetics and Society, 2021 Genetic genealogy databases have become particularly attractive to law enforcement agencies, especially in the United States (US), which have started to employ genealogists to search them with unknown origin DNA from unidentified human remains (suicides,
G. Samuel, D. Kennett
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Genetic genealogy of Y-chromosome in the Zhetiru tribe of the Kazakh population from Kazakhstan [PDF]
Frontiers in GeneticsIntroductionThe Y chromosome, transmitted exclusively through the paternal line, is a well-established tool for verifying genealogical data. The Kazakh tribe Zhetiru in Kazakhstan, comprising seven clans, has conflicting historical and genealogical ...
Aigul Zhunussova +10 more
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A bibliometric analysis of investigative genetic genealogy in academic literature: Trends, networks, and emerging themes [PDF]
Forensic Science International: SynergyThis bibliometric review examines 147 Scopus-indexed publications (1993–Oct 2025) on investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) to map growth, influential actors, venues, and thematic structure.
Alfonso Pellegrino, Alessandro Stasi
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Donnelly (1983) and the limits of genetic genealogy. [PDF]
Theor Popul Biol, 2020 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Edge MD, Coop G.
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Legislation for forensic investigative genetic genealogy in Sweden [PDF]
Forensic Science International: SynergySweden was in 2019 the first country outside of North America to use forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG) in solving a crime. However, further use of the method was inhibited in 2021 by the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection Authority ...
Ricky Ansell, Siri Aili Fagerholm
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Should police have access to genetic genealogy databases? Capturing the Golden State Killer and other criminals using a controversial new forensic technique. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2018 On April 24, 2018, a suspect in California's notorious Golden State Killer cases was arrested after decades of eluding the police. Using a novel forensic approach, investigators identified the suspect by first identifying his relatives using a free ...
Christi J Guerrini +3 more
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