'Breakthrough' genealogy tests can identify 9/11 victims 25 years later
Officials used genetic genealogy to identify the 1,651st World Trade Center victim, a breakthrough in the long-running effort to name the missing.
- For the first time, New York City officials identified a 9/11 victim using forensic investigative genetic genealogy, which combines DNA testing with family tree research, marking a breakthrough 25 years after the attacks.
- Nearly 1,100 people killed at the World Trade Center remain unidentified a quarter-century after the attacks, representing about 40% of the total victims still awaiting formal identification.
- The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the NYPD Detective Bureau applied this methodology to victims whose DNA profiles did not match reference samples, yielding the first successful identification.
- Dr. Jennifer Odien, a forensic anthropologist in the medical examiner's office, stated "We already can see that it's promising," noting 47 profiles may be ripe for identification using genetic genealogy.
- Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham called the breakthrough historic, stating "a breakthrough was unimaginable 25 years ago because the methodology did not exist," underscoring the city's renewed commitment to identifying remaining victims.
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9/11 Victim Becomes 1,654th Identified After New Genetic Genealogy Breakthrough
New York City forensic investigators have identified another victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks using investigative genetic genealogy for the first time in the identification effort, applying DNA-based techniques that were unavailable when the attacks occurred 25 years ago.
New York authorities announced the identification of a victim of the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, United States, almost 25 years after the terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 people. According to ABC News, based on information from the New York City Medical Examiner's Office and the New York City Police Department of Detectives, the most recent identified victim is an adult woman whose family preferred to kee…
The recent finding could be achieved through the use of genetic genealogy, which combines DNA testing
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New DNA Breakthrough Identifies 9/11 Victim 25 Years After World Trade Center Attacks
A victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has been formally identified through forensic investigative genetic genealogy, marking the first time New York City has successfully used the emerging technique to identify someone killed at the World Trade Center. A quarter-century after the attacks claimed nearly 3,000 lives, New York City authorities continue the painstaking effort to identify remains recovered from the World Trade Center s…
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