Daniela Weil is a 2024 graduate of the Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FIGG) Program at the University of New Haven. Directed by Professor Claire Glynn, one of the leading Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogist in the world, this year long program is considered the most complete in the country, with a graduate certificate in FIGG. Daniela speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish.
FIGG is used to
FIGG is used to
- solve cold cases when perpetrators' DNA is available
- identify Jane and John Doe's
- exonerate innocent prisoners when DNA evidence exists
- find birth parents/families
- find missing relatives (such as Holocaust survivors separated from families)
- identify "Unidentified Human Remains" from victims of terrorist attacks, explosions, fires, etc.