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Irish_Dem

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5. Gedmatch is an available LE data base and it does not have only criminals in it.
Wed Jun 5, 2024, 12:21 PM
Jun 2024

I am on all the US DNA sites, including GEDMATCH.
I have been working with DNA and genealogy for 20 years.

Obviously criminals do not tend to sign up for the DNA websites.

When anyone signs up for Gedmatch you are asked if you want to be in the LE database.
Obviously there are non criminals who say yes. I myself opted in because I am not a criminal.
So you have a data base of non criminals. So I am in that Gedmatch LE data base and not a criminal.

Additionally once you see the Gedmatch results for the DNA sample in question,
you can do a bit of workaround and take a look see
at the other big DNA data based on your GEDMATCH information.

LE genetic genealogists are looking for the criminal's DNA matches, these are relatives.
Once you identify the close relatives, by triangulation of the family trees and DNA, you can make a short list of suspects.

For example right now the British police have the DNA samples from three babies.
Very quickly they can determine if the babies are related and how.
They can determine if they are siblings, and full sibs or half sibs.
If half sibs they can determine if the mutual parent is the mother or father.
We can see if the babies are the result of incest.

We could also see the ethnicity of the parents and the location where they probably live
or recently lived.

We can make a short list containing the high probably parents of those babies.

If I was the detective on this case I would at least get off my duff and go to various judges to
see if I could get permission to do a DNA search. The Brits are going to screw around and
let the next baby die when it is is thrown out into the elements. Or perhaps killed at home so
as not to take the chance of detection with the 4th baby.

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