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Her great-nephew knew little about his father's side, father died when he was 3. This discovery allowed him to pass the family history down to his eight children, 13 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/05/miranda-eve.html
“I read they were planning to just rebury the body without any analysis,” Eerkens told the New York Times in June. “As an archaeologist, I thought, that’s not right. At some point, these things from the past become our collective heritage.”
To unravel the mystery, Eerkens worked with more than 30 specialists and volunteers, including UC Santa Cruz biomolecular engineering professor Ed Green and genealogist and Garden of Innocence founder Elissa Davey. Green's DNA analysis ultimately enabled the investigators to make a definite identification of the child in the casket.
https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/05/miranda-eve.html
“I read they were planning to just rebury the body without any analysis,” Eerkens told the New York Times in June. “As an archaeologist, I thought, that’s not right. At some point, these things from the past become our collective heritage.”
To unravel the mystery, Eerkens worked with more than 30 specialists and volunteers, including UC Santa Cruz biomolecular engineering professor Ed Green and genealogist and Garden of Innocence founder Elissa Davey. Green's DNA analysis ultimately enabled the investigators to make a definite identification of the child in the casket.
