DNA analysis takes 1 to 2 hours according to this from the FBI
Rapid DNA, or Rapid DNA analysis, is a fully automated process of developing a DNA profile from a mouth swab. This happens in 1-2 hours—without the need for a DNA laboratory or any human intervention and review.
Yep. Depends on how complex of a test you want (like searching for rare gene variants might take a long time and need multiple tests due to false positives), but a test accurate enough to establish identity is not a complex test - it should only take a couple hours in an automated lab (not even a lab with a tech in it).
And they don’t need his DNA itself, just that of relatives, enough to say “this sample DNA is a male first cousin of SuchandSuch, and third cousin of suchandsuch” etc. Then you just cross reference against national id databases, birth records (FBI has all this) and boom you’ve got your person.
Most Americans have enough relatives in PUBLIC (this cannot be emphasized enough, it’s not even secret data it is public data) DNA databases to cross reference like that and establish identity.
DNA analysis takes 1 to 2 hours according to this from the FBI
Here's some vendors of Rapid DNA tech
https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/industrial/forensics/human-identification/forensic-dna-analysis/dna-analysis/rapidhit-id-system-human-identification.html
https://bodetech.com/services/rapid-dna-services/
^correct
That is fast. I didn't know this quickness was available for DNA analysis-a lot has changed since my time.
Yep. Depends on how complex of a test you want (like searching for rare gene variants might take a long time and need multiple tests due to false positives), but a test accurate enough to establish identity is not a complex test - it should only take a couple hours in an automated lab (not even a lab with a tech in it).
And they don’t need his DNA itself, just that of relatives, enough to say “this sample DNA is a male first cousin of SuchandSuch, and third cousin of suchandsuch” etc. Then you just cross reference against national id databases, birth records (FBI has all this) and boom you’ve got your person.
Most Americans have enough relatives in PUBLIC (this cannot be emphasized enough, it’s not even secret data it is public data) DNA databases to cross reference like that and establish identity.