1. DNA Testing in High-Profile Cases
Chapter 17
DNA Testing in High-Profile Cases
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2. Historical Investigations
Romanovs
Tsar Nicholas II
Anna Anderson (not Anastasia)
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
mtDNA used to match bones with family
Thomas Jefferson
Y chromosome: 12 STRs and 7 SNPs
match with Sally Hemming’s descendants
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3. Lineage of Romanov Family with mtDNA Results
Louise of
Hesse-Cassel
16169T/C
16169T/C
Georgij
Romanov
Tsar
Nicholas II
Tsarina
Alexandra
Mitotype
16111T
16357C
263G
315.1C
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Xenia
Cheremeteff-Sfiri
Mitotype
16126C
16169T
16294T
16296T
73G
263G
315.1C
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4. Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Identification of Skeletal Remains from Previous Military Conflicts Identification of Michael J. Blassie - Vietnam Tomb of the Unknown >2100 Unaccounted for
from SEA >8000 Unaccounted for
from Korea >75,000 Unaccounted for
from WWII
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5. Jefferson-Hemings Study
Thomas Jefferson II
Field Jefferson
Peter Jefferson
President
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Woodson ?
Eston Hemings
Different Y Haplotype
Same Y
Haplotype
Jefferson
Y Haplotype
Jefferson
Y Haplotype
Nature article (Nov 1998)
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6. Results from Jefferson-Hemings Study
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