Ramapo College of New Jersey IGG Center DNA Drive @ Tucson Festival of Books Science City
Schedule
Sat Mar 04 2023 at 09:30 am
Location
University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ
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Our team from Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center will explain how investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) is used to identify John and Jane Doe unidentified remains, as well as barriers within this process. In the American Southwest, identification using IGG is more difficult because many John and Jane Does are of Latin American descent. Latin Americans are an underrepresented population in the DNA databases used for IGG. Thus, their identification is inhibited by fewer and more distant DNA relatives than their Western European counterparts.
Your DNA might help identify John and Jane Does of Latin American descent! If you have a parent or grandparent who is Latin American, you may qualify to receive a free FamilyTreeDNA kit. To learn more about this project, click here:
https://www.ramapo.edu/igg/research-and-expansion/
To view the consent form and fact sheet for participation in this project, click here:
https://www.ramapo.edu/igg/files/2023/01/Ramapo-College-of-New-Jersey-Fact-Sheet-and-Consent-Form.pdf
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Where is it happening?
University of Arizona, 1401 E University Blvd,Tucson,AZ,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: