Recent content by Cassie P

Yes in a high profile kidnapping case, did LE decide to put all resources into finding the victim and ignore gathering crime scene forensic evidence? But I would think careful examination of the crime scene evidence might reveal information about the kidnapper and where the victim might be held?

FTDNA was the first company to offer GF testing and analysis, including autosomal, YDNA, MtDNA. It was the go to company when it started in 2000 and for quite some time. To this day it is the best place to go for YDNA and MtDNA testing. Ancestry did not offer autosomal kits until 2012 and...

On GedMatch the LE opt in/opt is front and center and very noticeable. There is a colorful POLICE tag on each kit you have uploaded to the site. So you are very aware of it and can opt in or out at any time. When the GedMatch owner switched over to an LE data base years ago, it was a very...

Yes but Gedmatch doesn't sell DNA kits, their data base consists of uploads from the major DNA sites. So on Gedmatch you indirectly get some of the other data bases. And you can see which data base the Gedmatch matches are from and then go there and do a search for those family trees. So...

Yes cost isn't an issue. You can buy a DNA kit for around $100, and on sale for as low as $40. And FBI has staff already on the payroll and with a team the DNA analysis can go fairly quick.

No match in the criminal data base. But the kidnappers might not have a criminal history. So then they need a normal population DNA data base to determine the identity. If LE wants to go that route. IDK.

Seems like a long shot for sure. Maybe it's all they have right now.

Exactly. If there is an entire team for the GG search it would be much easier and quicker.

If the person or his parents are immigrants there certainly may be less DNA matches to work with. Of course that depends upon their country of origin. Some new arrivals to the US come from countries where people are interested in DNA testing and genealogy. Like Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland...

Yes CeCe has been around a long time. She made a name for herself early on in GG. Yes I am sure there are some back door ways. But the best data base is the commercial GG sites. Ancestry has over 25 million DNA samples in their data base. And has done excellent norming on various groups...

1. It does not take an experienced genealogist weeks to build a tree for the purpose of identifying a person who is living today. You do not need to go that far back in the tree. This kind of tree can be done quickly. It is not time consuming or cumbersome. 2. If a person is living in the US...

We don't know if the glove is connected to the case or not. That is why they are DNA testing the glove. To rule it in or out as evidence. I agree a glove found down the road is a bit of a stretch but perhaps it is the only lead they have. Or LE wants us to think that is the only lead they...

Perhaps he was not in a hurry because he was waiting for the accomplice inside the home to bring NG to the front of the house.

The purpose of the DNA search is to identify a suspect. Once LE has a suspect, they can narrow down their search significantly. And they can interview the suspect to gain information about the whereabouts of NG. This is the whole point about the DNA and gloves.

Gedmatch specifically asks permission for your DNA to be in the LE databank. Ancestry does not ask for such a consent because it does not voluntarily work with LE like Gedmatch does? Unless something has changed. Ancestry will respond I think to a court order.