{"id":1023420,"date":"2026-08-25T16:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1023420\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:25:18","slug":"world-trade-center-victim-in-nyc-identified-in-dna-genealogy-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1023420\/","title":{"rendered":"World Trade Center victim in NYC identified in DNA genealogy breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nearly 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks<\/a>, a family has finally received an answer after New York City investigators used a first-of-its-kind DNA and genealogy technique to identify a woman killed at the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

The adult woman, whose name is being withheld at her family\u2019s request, is the first World Trade Center victim<\/a> identified through forensic investigative genetic genealogy, New York City officials announced Sunday.<\/p>\n

Her identification marks the 1,654th person identified from remains recovered after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which killed 2,753 people in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Family members of victims pay tribute to their loved ones on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the 9\/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City in 2023. (Fatih Aktas\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

The breakthrough came through a collaboration between the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, and the NYPD\u2019s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Squad. The technique pairs specialized DNA analysis<\/a> with genealogy research to generate leads that are then confirmed through forensic testing.<\/p>\n

“As we approach the 25th anniversary of the horrific September 11 attacks, we honor the nearly 3,000 people whose lives were stolen that day,” NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement. “We remain committed to the families who have spent 25 years waiting for answers.”<\/p>\n

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The breakthrough came through a collaboration between the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner and the NYPD\u2019s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Squad using specialized DNA analysis with genealogy research. (Michael Wyke\/Houston Chronicle, File)<\/p>\n

Forensic investigative genetic genealogy has emerged as a powerful tool in cold cases<\/a>, allowing investigators to trace family connections from DNA evidence and identify people who may otherwise have remained unknown.<\/p>\n

Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham said the new method could help advance the city\u2019s long-running effort to identify those killed in the attacks.<\/p>\n

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A young boy and his mother look down into the South Pool during 9\/11 observances on Sept. 11, 2018, in New York City. (\u00a0Timothy A. Clary\/AFP via Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

“This sacred commitment is propelled by our dedication to apply the most innovative scientific techniques<\/a>,” Graham said. “FIGG represents a promising new addition to our toolkit.”<\/p>\n

Officials said they are also using renewed family outreach and continued DNA retesting<\/a> to link recovered remains to victims already identified.<\/p>\n

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But the work remains unfinished. About 1,099 World Trade Center victims, roughly 40% of those killed, have yet to be identified.<\/p>\n

The woman is the first newly identified World Trade Center victim since August 2025, officials said.<\/p>\n

Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News <\/a>with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, a family…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1023421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5624,8324,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,76332,79466,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1023420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-cold-case","tag-missing-persons","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-september-11","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117157086899971124","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1023421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}