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Cece moore expert genetic genealogist tales from the genome
CeCe Moore (born 1969) is a genetic genealogist who has appeared on TV shows such as Finding Your Roots, 20/20, The Doctors, The Dr. Oz Show and CBS This Morning and is the genetic genealogy consultant for Finding Your Roots and Genealogy Roadshow. In addition to her television work, she is known for pioneering the genetic genealogy methodologies used by adoptees and others of unknown origin for identifying biological family.
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- Cece moore expert genetic genealogist tales from the genome
- Cece moore dna detective
- High profile cases
- Projects
- References
Cece moore dna detective
High profile cases
There have been numerous high profile human identification cases in which Moore has been a key player. In 2014, she was the genetic genealogist who worked with the Branum family on the Thomas Ray Lippert University of Utah artificial insemination sperm swap case. Paul Fronczak was a newborn that was kidnapped from his mother's arms by a woman posing as a nurse in a Chicago hospital in 1964 and believed to have been returned to his natural parents in 1966. In 2015, Moore's team of genetic genealogists uncovered the true identity of the man raised as Paul Fronczak. Using the methods Moore developed for birth parent search in adoption, it was discovered that his real name is Jack and he has a missing twin named Jill. In 2015, Moore also led the team that established the true identity of Benjaman Kyle aka William Burgess Powell using the same techniques. In 2004, Kyle was found outside of a Burger King in Georgia; doctors determined he suffered from dissociative amnesia. For 11 years neither Kyle nor law enforcement assisting in his case knew his true identity. He has now reclaimed his legal identity. Moore works extensively with adults who were abandoned as babies to identify their biological identities. The birth parents of California foundling Kayla Tovo were identified through Moore's work, as were the birth parents of the Los Angeles area three half-sibling foundlings who were featured on 20/20 in May 2016, and the birth parents of the Tulsa Fairgrounds foundling "May Belle" aka Amy Cox, as featured on The Dr. Oz Show in October 2016.
As the genetic genealogy researcher for the PBS series "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.," in 2015 Moore made the unexpected discovery that LL Cool J's mother was adopted. Through analysis of his DNA, she was able to identify his biological grandparents and introduce him to his 90-year old biological maternal grandmother.
Projects
Moore is the founder of the popular DNA Detectives Facebook group that guides individuals using DNA to identify birth family. Founded in February 2015, the group has assisted thousands of adoptees and others of unknown parentage to identify their birth families and, with over 30,000 members, is the largest online genetic genealogy related forum.
As a result of discovering that her brother-in-law is a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings after a 23andMe test revealed unexpected African ancestry, Moore founded the Hemings/Jefferson Autosomal DNA Project.
