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Just because something is legal does not mean it is right. In the world of forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG) this truth is playing out in ways that should alarm anyone who values privacy and trust. Picture this: a law-enforcement agency, determined to crack a case, quietly searches a genetic genealogy database. The database’s terms and conditions could not be clearer—law-enforcement use…
Should professional genealogists, by necessity, be included in the forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG) process? If there is any hope of ensuring that FIGG continues to be a trusted tool able to be used by law-enforcement for solving cold case homicides and sexual assaults, as well as the identification of unidentified-human-remains (UHR), then the answer needs to be a resounding ‘YES.’  …