Christine Burke provides specialized training in forensic genetic genealogy and investigative genetic genealogy for law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, crime laboratories, and criminal justice professionals. Training covers investigative methodology, documentation, legal issues, vendor evaluation, and operational implementation.
FGG/IGG training is structured instruction that gives law enforcement professionals a working understanding of forensic genetic genealogy and investigative genetic genealogy. It covers how the technique works, when to use it, how to oversee it, and how to document it defensibly. Training is designed for operational use, helping investigators, supervisors, prosecutors, and laboratory personnel make informed decisions about FGG without needing to become genetic genealogists themselves.
Investigators and detectives, cold-case unit members, supervisors and command staff, prosecutors, crime laboratory personnel, and any criminal justice professional whose work intersects with genetic genealogy. Agencies building an internal FGG capability often use training as a foundation for broader capability and competency development.
Christine Burke is named as the instructor for an agency training course listed by the Northern Illinois Training Advisory Board (NITAB), “Genetic Genealogy for Law Enforcement.” Student performance objectives cover genetics and genealogy, genetic genealogy tools, applying DNA to genealogy, genealogical records, most recent common ancestors, identifying family lines from unknown matches, and identifying a single-source profile from unknown matches.