CAN YOUR DNA DECIPHER THE 750 UNEXPLAINED HUMAN REMAINS IN AUSTRALIA

 

Online DNA collection databases, according to scientists at the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre, have the potential to help solve cases.

By giving their permission for their DNA to be used and submitting the results to websites that Australian authorities can access, anybody can contribute.

After authorities used DNA databases and online family trees to identify probable suspects in the Golden State Killer case, resulting in Joseph James DeAngelo's arrest and conviction, genetic genealogy testing gained attention in the US in 2018.

Experts advised against submitting genetic information to internet ancestry resources that don't make it clear how such information might be used.

As scientists utilise cutting-edge technology to help identify some of Australia's 750 unidentified remains, law enforcement agencies are turning to genetic genealogy websites to assist in the resolution of missing person cases.

Scientists at the Australian Federal Police National Missing Persons Coordination Centre believe that after successfully decoding hundreds of remains in other nations, notably the US, internet DNA collecting databases can assist in solving cases here.

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Time is against us because many of these cases go back to the 1950s and 1960s, according to Associate Professor Jodie Ward.

Using these genetic genealogy databases to make the field of potential comparison samples more accessible to the general public offers us a worldwide reach we've never had before.

With new unidentifiable remains constantly arriving at the specialised forensic centre opened in Canberra in December, more than 2500 Australians are officially listed as long-term missing.

The issue, according to Ward, a highly regarded forensic DNA expert who works at the centre, is that some families, particularly in historical situations, are unaware that a distant relative is waiting to be recognised.

By giving their permission for their DNA to be used and by uploading the results they had already received on well-known internet genealogy sites to sites that Australian authorities could access, people might contribute to the investigation of those instances, she added.

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