1. Research Ethics Statement & Informed Consent

Please use this form to report cases that have been cleared, and in which the use of Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG) has played a significant causal role.

In submitting this form, you acknowledge that the data you provide is intended to be made publicly available. We ask that you only include information that has been authorized for public release. You also acknowledge that this data will be collected, stored, and publicly disseminated by the principal researcher, Dr. Tracey Leigh Dowdeswell, as part of the Forensic Genetic Genealogy Project. This research project seeks to collect publicly available data on cases cleared using FIGG for the purpose of better understanding the use of FIGG, its impact on the criminal justice system, and to assist in developing legal, ethical, and regulatory guidelines for the use of FIGG.

For a complete description of this project, its research methods and its coding manual, please see the User Manual, which is available, along with all data collected and published to date, on Mendeley Data. The copyright for this work belongs to Dr. Tracey Leigh Dowdeswell, who has made this data publicly and freely available under the terms of a Creative Commons 4.0 License. If you have any questions about this research, you may contact the principal researcher, Dr. Tracey Leigh Dowdeswell, at dowdeswellt@douglascollege.ca.

2. Data Reporting

Please note that you may leave any field blank if you do not know the answer or if you are unsure. All information you provide will be checked and confirmed through publicly available sources before being included in the Forensic Genetic Genealogy Project dataset. We thank you for your time and effort in reporting this data, as it is of great value in keeping an accurate record of cases cleared using FIGG.