DNA Doe Project - General Discussion #2

[othram]

Can’t wait! Do you have many Canadian cases now?

Yes. Canadian agencies seem very interested in using this technology.

 

[djanga]

The John Doe found in Hudson, Ohio in 2019 has been identified as a man who died before the American Civil War. He was identified some 170 years after his death. Kevin Lord of the DNA Doe Project will give a talk about this case during the International Symposium on Human Identification which starts on September 13.
https://vb6ykw2twb15uf9341ls5n11-wp.../wp-content/uploads/2021/08/48-Kevin-Lord.pdf
ISHI - International Symposium on Human Identification 2019

Wow interesting, I am wondering it is the same case as was mentioned in the recent DDP post, the case which had the smallest amount of DNA (19 pictograms, 3 cells). I guess we will learn it soon!

 

[djanga]

Also, they have a lot of new solves and they still say it is around 50 solved cases (as in the beginning of the year), it should be around 60 or more. It is 47 we know about (with Hudson JD and Jefferson county JD). But I think around 5 cases were solved before senquncing or by orher means, so I don’t really understand how they count.

 

[djanga]

I checked the ISHI News facebook page and they did not post the Kevin Lord speech so far, though there are a few others posted, including CeCe Moor.

 

[djanga]

There is no spreadsheet update today? Oh they started to have less and less updates of their facebook page and the website. Not sure what is going on

 

[doggybag2355]

There is no spreadsheet update today? Oh they started to have less and less updates of their facebook page and the website. Not sure what is going on

I’d guess they’re still cleaning up from the ISHI

 

[djanga]

I dont know, but

I’d guess they’re still cleaning up from the ISHI

It seems that they slowed downed with updating anything at all, before ISHI was similar for quite a long period. And there was no press release about Hudson co JD either. Not that I complain, just wondering if there are changes in organization/moral.

 

[doggybag2355]

I dont know, but


It seems that they slowed downed with updating anything at all, before ISHI was similar for quite a long period. And there was no press release about Hudson co JD either. Not that I complain, just wondering if there are changes in organization/moral.

I'm sure it's just a slow period

 

[JovanSrna]

I dont know, but


It seems that they slowed downed with updating anything at all, before ISHI was similar for quite a long period. And there was no press release about Hudson co JD either. Not that I complain, just wondering if there are changes in organization/moral.

Hudson is the name of a town, not a county.

 

[djanga]

There is a new message on the spreadsheet it will be updated this afternoon. Thank you, Joan!

 

[djanga]

“Monique” Phoenix JD has a new highest match of 196 cM, before was 120,3 cM

 

[doggybag2355]

“Monique” Phoenix JD has a new highest match of 196 cM, before was 120,3 cM

Seems like there's endogamy happening with Ventura County JD too

 

[JovanSrna]

They have a new case from Indiana!
Benton County Jane Doe from 1976.

 

[doggybag2355]

They have a new case from Indiana!
Benton County Jane Doe from 1976.

I have a hunch that Mr. Koppelman might make a new reconstruction of her.

 

[carbuff]

I have a hunch that Mr. Koppelman might make a new reconstruction of her.

I hope so. They one they have is pretty basic.

 

[doggybag2355]

Has anything been said about Hudson JD now that the ISHI is over?

 

[JovanSrna]

Updates on the Facebook post. Grays Harbor County Jane Doe and the Hispanic Van Buren County John Doe from 1987 are now active cases. Benton County Jane Doe is in sequencing.

 

[djanga]

Baseline John Doe Phoenix 1983 Namus page is down. His highest match was 302.9 cM.

 

[djanga]

@DNA_Sleuth Joan, I noticed that Laura&Layla JD is still on the spreadsheet, she has been identified and it was announced on September 1, she can be moved to identified.

 

[djanga]

To date, the DNA Doe Project has made 64 positive identifications of John and Jane Doe's since 2017.

A very nice article about Oklahoma cases and more!

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