| When: | Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 7 PM (EDT) |
| Where: | Virtual meeting via Zoom |
| Title: | Serendipitous Story of John Doe and an Adoptee: Searching for Identity |
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On June 22, 2022, the Bucks County Genealogical Society is sponsoring a free evening lecture as part of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP). This lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture tells the amazing story of how utilizing investigative genetic genealogy to attempt to identify a Coos County, Oregon, John Doe intersects with an adoptee's search for her father.. |
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| Speaker: |
CeCe Moore |
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CeCe Moore is a pioneer and leading authority on investigative genetic genealogy (IGG). As the Chief Genetic Genealogist at Parabon Nanolabs, CeCe has led her small genetic genealogy team to the unparalleled record of over 210 successful identifications of violent criminals and unidentified decedents, averaging more than one solved case per week over the last four years. CeCe’s work with law enforcement has led to the first conviction, the first conviction through jury verdict, and the first exoneration in cases where the suspect was identified through IGG. Recently profiled by the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine and the UK Sunday Times, CeCe’s groundbreaking work has been featured widely in thousands of articles and hundreds of television shows throughout the world, promoting public awareness and support of investigative genetic genealogy as a powerful tool with positive societal impact. CeCe is the founder of the DNA Detectives and the co-founder of the Institute for Genetic Genealogy, and has been the DNA expert for the PBS Television series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. since 2013. She is a Non-Resident Fellow of the Du Bois Research Institute at Harvard’s Hutchins Center. |
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| Registration: |
Click here to register for this free lecture. |
