IGGnite DNA

11/11/2025

Thank you for your service!

Today, we honor our veterans and thank them for their sacrifice. Over the last seven years, the DNA Doe Project has identified over 150 people and a number of these have turned out to be veterans. Thanks to the work done by our volunteers they have now been reunited with their identities, so we can say their names this Veterans Day.

Clockwise from the top left we have: Tamara Lee Tigard (formerly 'Lime Lady'), James Freund (formerly 'Sumter Jock Doe'), Frankie Little Jr. (formerly 'Twinsburg John Doe'), Ward Thomas (formerly 'Scioto River John Doe'), Daniel Garza-Gonzales (formerly 'Saginaw Co John Doe') and Robert Nichols (formerly 'Joseph Newton Chandler III').

Though each of them spent decades as an anonymous John or Jane Doe, today we can thank them by name for their service.

10/13/2025

So honored for the local news to help shed light to John River Doe's story. Thankful for the coverage and we hope to "IGGnite" some uploads or donations towards re-uploading the new data file!
*please note: in the interview, there's a slight error, we don't upload to 23andme, it's only GEDmatch and FTDNA.
https://www.wane.com/top-stories/coroner-working-to-identify-one-of-allen-countys-last-john-does-from-modern-times/

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)— The Allen County Coroner and IGGnite DNA are teaming up as they work to identify a John Doe found in 1999. IGGnite DNA, LLC. offers Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealo…

08/17/2025

You all are so amazing! We have raised $458 of the $1000 we need for uploading the new file to GEDmatch. Nancy and I are so grateful for the support. We uploaded his new file to the non-profit, free database DNAjustice.org, please consider uploading your DNA if you've taken a test. Any help you can give us by liking and sharing this post, would be greatly appreciated!

By IGGnite DNA, LLC

08/13/2025

Thank you to all who have already helped us out. We appreciate anyone who can share the fundraiser or donate!

A business known locally for its work helping identify a woman who died in Fort Wayne more than 30 years after her body was discovered is working to help the Allen County Coroner’s office close its last cold case.

08/07/2025

Here's the case that is sparking the fundraiser.

John River Doe. He was found in April of 1999 in Northern Allen County, near Matea County Park. Someone or some persons bound his hands and repeatedly stabbed this young man, leaving his body by Cedar Creek. A young Hispanic man, gone too soon from this world. 😞
NamUs case
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case #/4843?nav

IGGnite DNA took over the genealogy on the case last year and started right away to work towards answers. It has taken more fundraising and out of pocket payments than we expected. Uploading to GEDmatch, realizing the issue with the data, paying to re-analyze the data, and now the cost to re-upload the file.

The community support has been amazing, and we hope to one day share that with his family. We are about a third of the way, and hope to get closer to our goal.

Please share with your friends and family, so we can one day reunite him with his family.
https://givebutter.com/IttZH9

By IGGnite DNA, LLC

08/04/2025

Thank you to all who have helped us already! You don't know what it means to us. We hope one day there will be actual funding to assist Coroners and Medical Examiners in reuniting the unidetified with their families and loved ones.

By IGGnite DNA, LLC

08/03/2025

We desperately need your help! Any contribution helps, the case is out of funding and this is now out of pocket.

By IGGnite DNA, LLC

08/03/2025

Don't miss out on this amazing show! And have the tissue box ready. It's so well done.

08/01/2025

Can not wait to watch this!!

Naming the Dead Premieres this weekend on NatGeoTV, Hulu, and Disney+!

Want to do more than just watch the series?

Host a Watch Party and bring your friends, family, or community together to raise awareness and support DNA Doe Project’s work.

Whether you’re gathering in person, online, or hosting a hybrid event, your Watch Party can help bring names back to the nameless—one guest, one story, and one donation at a time. Each host will receive a custom fundraising link to share with guests, making it easy to collect donations before, during, or after your event. To help you plan a meaningful and impactful experience, we’ve put together a complete Watch Party Host Packet that includes everything you need to get started.

🎁 Plus! We have a limited supply of DNA Doe Project swag just for our Watch Party hosts—featuring tissues, stickers, coasters, and informational DDP pamphlets to share with your guests.

Reach out to development@dnadoeproject.org to get started!

07/18/2025

Can't wait to watch our friends and colleagues in this series. So much work goes on each case, hours of volunteer work and behind the scenes coordinations. We are grateful for the showing of community support in these endeavors, helping families reunite with their missing loved ones. Kudos DNA Doe Project!!

We're dedicated to ensuring no Jane or John Does are left nameless. And, we can't wait to share these six cases with you! Join us in August as we pull back the curtain in , premiering Saturday, August 2 at 10/9c on . Streaming on and .

05/26/2025

05/05/2025

To become an accredited investigative genetic genealogist (AIGG), an applicant must pass a qualifying exam that tests comprehension, application of best practices, ethics, data protection and confidentiality, and agree to work under a set of established p