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Anthropology

bucolic_frolic

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1. It's entirely possible the could ID the guy

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Thu Aug 1, 2024, 10:58 AM

Aug 2024

Today's DNA tech you only need one or two people in a family tree to ID an unknown.

Census lists of Hessians who settled in NJ exist in the earliest censuses. Seems I recall reading officers were retained for awhile.

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It's entirely possible the could ID the guy bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #1

You need some close matches in the family tree. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #4

Oh wow! SARose Aug 2024 #2

He obviously did not leave any DNA in the US connected to procreation. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #3