Genetic Genealogy for Law Enforcement provides forensic genetic genealogy services to law-enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and criminal justice professionals. Services include case analysis, existing-match research, case strategy, training, program development, case review, and vendor oversight — led by Christine Burke, a retired police detective and sergeant who connects genealogy to investigative work, documentation, and police policy, procedure, and culture.
Forensic genetic genealogy (FGG), also called investigative genetic genealogy (IGG), is an investigative function — not just a laboratory service. Testing and genealogy work can be outsourced, but the responsible agency remains accountable for case selection, legal and ethical compliance, vendor oversight, investigative decisions, documentation, corroboration, disclosure, and courtroom defensibility.
Christine Burke is a retired police detective and sergeant with more than 25 years of investigative experience and specialized expertise in forensic genetic genealogy. She approaches FGG as an investigation — connecting genetic genealogy to investigative work, documentation, and the realities of police policy, procedure, and culture.
Outsourcing a task does not outsource the agency’s responsibility. These services help agencies keep case selection, decisions, documentation, and defensibility inside their control.