Introduction to Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy

Speaker: Bradley Marchant 

This lecture will discuss the evolution of genealogy as a past time into the powerful tool it is today in law enforcement. We will examine the early history of genetic genealogy and discuss some of the earliest cases, as well as showing an example of a case in Indiana which led to a conviction. We will also discuss the processes behind forensic investigative genetic genealogy, as well as the future for this scientific advancement.

About the Speaker: Bradley Marchant is a Forensic Scientist for Indiana State Police. He graduated with a degree in Family History-Genealogy from Brigham Young University. Bradley worked as a Scandinavian research consultant at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and was a metadata specialist for FamilySearch where he was in charge of organizing genealogical data for online publications of images. He was a cataloguer for the Family History Library Catalog in charge of multiple languages and worked as a genealogist researcher at Ancestry ProGenealogists.