'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.
- New York City officials identified a 9/11 victim using genetic genealogy for the first time, marking a breakthrough 25 years after the World Trade Center attacks.
- Nearly 1,100 World Trade Center victims remain unidentified a quarter-century after the attacks, representing about 40% of the total killed in the tragedy.
- Genetic genealogy combines DNA testing with family tree research, a methodology the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and NYPD Detective Bureau applied to match unidentified profiles.
- Dr. Jennifer Odien, a forensic anthropologist in the medical examiner's office, said "we already can see that it's promising," noting 47 profiles may be ripe for future identification.
- Chief Medical Examiner Jason Graham told ABC News the breakthrough was "unimaginable 25 years ago," affirming the city's commitment to applying new forensic methods to identify remaining victims.
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25 years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, which had plunged New York and the whole world into fear, efforts are continuing to identify the victims. For the first time, one of them has been identified thanks to an unprecedented technology. Long-term work. Nearly 25 years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the city of New York is pursuing the official identification of the victims. While nearly 3,000 people have lost their lives in t…
Nearly 25 years after the attacks of 11 September 2001, a new victim was identified in New York thanks to a technique used for the first time in this investigation: genetic genealogy.The US authorities announced the identification of a 1,651st victim of attacks against the World Trade Center. This method combines DNA analysis with genealogical research in order to find family ties. The victim's family requested that his identity not be made publ…
The city of New York announced that it had identified a new victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks through genetic genealogy, the 1 651st victim in 3,000 who had been formally identified.
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