Genealogy Synergy: Everyone should have a Nancy on their team
What happens when you find a Jane Doe's matches all trace to three tiny towns in Jalisco and Mexican records stop in 1930? You find a Nancy! G4J volunteer Nancy Gomez with [...]
CASE CLOSED: Pamela Kay Wittman
In March 2024, underwritten by the Dean and Tina Linn Clouse Memorial Fund, genetic genealogists at FHD Forensics identified Daytona Beach, Florida's 1980 Jane Doe for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Pamela Kay Wittman of Martinsville, Indiana was about [...]
Help for Mexican Adoptees: The Jonathan de la Luz Memorial Grant
"It's simply not true that you can never go home again." - Mexican adoptee, Jon de la Luz Genealogy for Justice™ and FHD Forensics are pleased to announce a special memorial grant for [...]
How Many Hollys: Making a Difference
In addition to increased sharing of DNA access with law enforcement, making a dent in the cold case epidemic in this country requires public support for the critical funding required for DNA testing. Please help us help them. [...]
CASE CLOSED: State Hospital Jane Doe
Former Richland County State Hospital Jane Doe, Virginia Higgins Ray in 1961. (Ray Family photo) On May 30, 2023, the Dean and Tina Linn Clouse Memorial Fund, FHD Forensics, and the Richland County Coroner's Office announced the identity [...]
DNA Opt-in
In addition to critical funding, making a dent in the cold case epidemic in this country requires increased public sharing of DNA profiles in the popular public genealogy database, GEDmatch. Please help us help them! #DNAOptIn [...]
The G4J Story: How I Fell Into the World of Cold Cases
"It gives people hope..." - ABC's T.J. Holmes, upon hearing how genetic genealogy led to the discovery of Holly Marie Clouse I was kind of doomed to walk this path. You see, it [...]