Comments on: DNAWitness Bio-Geographical Ancestry DNA Test for Fighting Crime http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/01/09/dnawitness-bio-geographical-ancestry-dna-test/ How will it change your life? Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:56:21 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: In The News: January 29, 2008 » The Genetic Genealogist http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/01/09/dnawitness-bio-geographical-ancestry-dna-test/comment-page-1/#comment-41299 In The News: January 29, 2008 » The Genetic Genealogist Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:02:40 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/01/09/dnawitness-bio-geographical-ancestry-dna-test/#comment-41299 [...] at Eye on DNA discusses the use of DNAWitness, a Bio-Geographical Ancestry analysis, to narrow the pool of potential [...] [...] at Eye on DNA discusses the use of DNAWitness, a Bio-Geographical Ancestry analysis, to narrow the pool of potential [...]

]]> By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/01/09/dnawitness-bio-geographical-ancestry-dna-test/comment-page-1/#comment-35818 Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:52:44 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/01/09/dnawitness-bio-geographical-ancestry-dna-test/#comment-35818 Hi Yvette! I think the public needs to know that ancestry DNA tests such as DNAWitness are not the only bits of information law enforcement uses to identify suspects. Combined with other pieces of evidence, including good ol' trusty fingerprints, and criminal records, it should be far easier to narrow down which specific suspects could be the one. Hi Yvette! I think the public needs to know that ancestry DNA tests such as DNAWitness are not the only bits of information law enforcement uses to identify suspects. Combined with other pieces of evidence, including good ol’ trusty fingerprints, and criminal records, it should be far easier to narrow down which specific suspects could be the one.

]]> By: Yvette http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/01/09/dnawitness-bio-geographical-ancestry-dna-test/comment-page-1/#comment-35268 Yvette Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:05:28 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/01/09/dnawitness-bio-geographical-ancestry-dna-test/#comment-35268 Anything that provides further, valid information in a criminal investigation is helpful. I think this tool has a familiar ring to it, however. What is the next step in the investigation/public reaction after, for example, a male suspect is identified via DNA as possibly descendant from sub-Saharan Africa? This may narrow the potential subject pool in some senses--eliminating, for example, all Whites. However, for *any given African American male* this information does nothing to rule him out. Think the idea that all Black men would be suspect is far-fetched? I lived in Boston during the Charles Stuart murder investigation: Ask any number of Black male residents--from 16 to 60, of all sizes and hues--who were rounded up by police at the time whether they think the idea is crazy. Anything that provides further, valid information in a criminal investigation is helpful. I think this tool has a familiar ring to it, however. What is the next step in the investigation/public reaction after, for example, a male suspect is identified via DNA as possibly descendant from sub-Saharan Africa? This may narrow the potential subject pool in some senses–eliminating, for example, all Whites. However, for *any given African American male* this information does nothing to rule him out.

Think the idea that all Black men would be suspect is far-fetched? I lived in Boston during the Charles Stuart murder investigation: Ask any number of Black male residents–from 16 to 60, of all sizes and hues–who were rounded up by police at the time whether they think the idea is crazy.

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