Lauren🧬

Now that it’s affecting Americans almost three months later, maybe something will actually change 💀

Everyone’s talking about the ancestry ethnicity estimate update but that has always been the least part of Ancestry for me. I’m all about matches and tree building. And encouraging people to upload their results to Gedmatch and FamilyTreeDNA!!

Anyone have any ideas when the next FTDNA autosomal unlock sale or freebie might be? 🤓

Definitely!

Cold case closed: Forensic technology identifies Saskatoon 'Woman in well' Saskatoon 100-year-old cold case closed, the victim of crime is identified as Alice Burke born in September 1881, who moved to Sutherland in 1913.

Saskatoon’s century old Woman in the Well Jane Doe is now SOLVED! Thanks to investigative genealogy, Alice Spence nee Burke (b 1881!) now has her name back.

Honored to have been a part of the IGG team for this case. It’s now the oldest case in 🇨🇦 solved with IGG.

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Talked to a gentleman today at a genealogical society event, and he was 102!! 🥹 turning 103 in two weeks!! So awesome. Definitely the oldest person I have personally met

Okay I rarely cry much these days (last time being March) but the third episode of the Naming the Dead did it. The moment where the brothers met 🥲😢

Going to a province I haven’t been to yet for my birthday in a few weeks. Well technically it’s a work related trip but it’ll be on my birthday. Any guesses which one? 🤓

It’s that time of the year again

That’s like that yapper in Australia who thinks he’s the child of Charles and Camilla. Would be disproven in 2 seconds once his dna results come back

The Ramseys are at CrimeCon????? 💀

In addition their T&C also now says people are not to download their OWN DNA and upload it elsewhere in part of any law enforcement service… which I think is crazy. People can do what they want with their own DNA, not sure a website holds that much power

but I’m seriously wondering if not being able to use Ancestry or MyHeritage for ANYTHING (looking up records, building trees, even just viewing other’s public trees- nothing DNA related, OBVIOUSLY) will effectively shut down IGG/make it impossible unless you get a 2C or closer match on a case

I am also in Canada where it’s not so lax to just use whatever sites we want to use for IGG no matter what unlike some known companies and agencies in the USA…

I am using social media less and less these days, but lately am very concerned about the future of IGG due to Ancestry’s new terms and conditions. Not seeing a lot of chatter online about it. Am I not in the right groups? Not online enough? Any help would be appreciated..

Good morning everyone. I think I may be allergic to pineapple unfortunately

I’m on a working vacation this week and a podcast I was on months ago reshared the episode I’m in and as a result dozens of people are contacting me for help with their searches and I am feeling a LITTLE overwhelmed

Today was a very big day for our IGG team. Excited for when the solve is announced 🤭🇨🇦🌾

I’m gonna say it…. Ancestry’s cluster tool is largely useless and unhelpful currently

I think the MH tree linkage was a few months ago so this appears to be a new issue!

Anyone else not receiving new FTDNA matches for either IGG or personal accounts since June 17? What’s going on?

Six flights in three weeks is great exposure therapy

It never ceases to amaze me how unfortunately common NPEs are

Just solved an unknown parentage case, was quite a tricky one- the bio dad had an NPE, and bio dad’s mom also had an NPE… 😳

Since Jade’s death while under the care of Children’s Aid, the agency has housed another nine kids in hotels The Children’s Aid Society of London & Middlesex said it still relies on hotels because it has no other options, the result of “chronic underfunding."

#StarInvestigation: In the eight months since an Ontario teen died after being warehoused in budget motels while waiting for mental health treatment, the child welfare agency responsible for her care has housed another nine kids in hotels.

Found part of a headstone on a road today not anywhere near a cemetery 🤨

Kind of wish 23andMe would shut down so all the misinformation would stop and people can start doing dna tests with companies where the sites and tools are actually useful

There are few things I hate more than people who walk their dog unleashed in a cemetery 😤

One of the more unique places I’ve worked on an IGG case (feebly adding to a tree via my phone’s browser while I wait for a grad ceremony to start)

Time for my first of 8 flights in the next 50 days 🤓 feeling like one of those people on Instagram that just travel all the time