{"id":15414,"date":"2011-12-06T23:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15414"},"modified":"2011-12-20T21:29:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T05:29:15","slug":"ftdna-conference-2011-jessica-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15414","title":{"rendered":"FTDNA Conference 2011 – Jessica Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Seventh International Family Tree DNA Conference for Group Administrators,\u00a0Jessica Roberts, JD\u00c2\u00a0presented a talk on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153DNA Tests and the Law – Potential Use of Ancestry Tests for Immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jessica Roberts<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Jessica Roberts (Houston, Harris County, Texas); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 06 November 2011.<\/p>\n

The use of DNA testing in legal matters includes antidiscrimination, tribal affiliation, criminal law, public health, and immigration.<\/p>\n

The Federal Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 was\u00c2\u00a0in effect\u00c2\u00a0until 1965.<\/p>\n

DNA can help establish ethnicity .\u00a0 The UK instituted a pilot case to test the validity of asylum claims using DNA .\u00a0 DNA, however, does not follow national borders .\u00a0 By June 2011 this approach was abandoned.<\/p>\n

In the United States, the family reunification program was suspended due to 80% fraud .\u00a0 DNA samples in such cases\u00c2\u00a0are now mandatory.<\/p>\n

Potential uses for DNA include research\/data collection, fraud detection, and claim establishment.<\/p>\n

Benefits of using DNA evidence in such cases are that it is non-invasive and\u00c2\u00a0inexpensive, it reduces the potential for judicial bias, and it can be used along with other evidence.<\/p>\n

Some concerns are the possibility of erroneous results, the fact that judges lack the necessary scientific expertise, the fact that DNA does not account for more recent populations, and the fact that there may be non-genetic aspects of group membership.<\/p>\n

Privacy of DNA data is a concern .\u00a0 Some people have wanted their DNA returned or evidence that the DNA had been destroyed.<\/p>\n

Legal channels do not use DNA ancestry results at this time.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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