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CanonRay

(14,855 posts) Sun Mar 21, 2021, 10:01 AM Mar 2021

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"The Woman With No Name"

In case you missed this episode which covers Lavender Girl, a DOE/DNA Project case

https://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/the-woman-with-no-name/4329442

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"The Woman With No Name" (Original Post) CanonRay Mar 2021 OP

I get saturated with DateLine, but this looks interesting... Thanks hlthe2b Mar 2021 #1

I was on the team that solved it. CanonRay Mar 2021 #2

Wow. How fascinating! hlthe2b Mar 2021 #3

Really?? MontanaMama Mar 2021 #4

Yes, I joined pretty early on CanonRay Mar 2021 #5

The genealogy piece of this whole story MontanaMama Mar 2021 #6

hlthe2b

(106,298 posts)

1. I get saturated with DateLine, but this looks interesting... Thanks

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Sun Mar 21, 2021, 10:15 AM

Mar 2021

CanonRay

(14,855 posts)

2. I was on the team that solved it.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 21, 2021, 10:49 AM

Mar 2021

Very intense.

hlthe2b

(106,298 posts)

3. Wow. How fascinating!

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 21, 2021, 10:50 AM

Mar 2021

MontanaMama

(24,012 posts)

4. Really??

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 02:37 PM

Mar 2021

That’s a big damned deal. Fascinating.

CanonRay

(14,855 posts)

5. Yes, I joined pretty early on

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 03:39 PM

Mar 2021

as we were forming the 501c3. It's very challenging. I'm more genealogist than DNA expert. I mostly build trees, do quality control on the developing lines, and search for common ancestors in different lines.

MontanaMama

(24,012 posts)

6. The genealogy piece of this whole story

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 10:02 PM

Mar 2021

is what fascinated me. It’s a difficult job. I’ve worked on my family tree and it’s tough to not go down rabbit holes...for me anyway. Genealogists got this done.

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