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2026年7月21日
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Genetic Genealogy Solves a 250-Year Cold Case: DNA Identifies an Unknown Teenage Soldier of the American Revolution

A teenage Continental Army soldier killed at the 1780 Battle of Camden and buried in an unmarked grave has been identified through genetic genealogy as Private John Pumphrey — autosomal, X and Y chromosome DNA plus archival research converged, yielding some 20,000 DNA matches with living relatives, the first identification of an 18th-century casualty using a genetic genealogy profile.
Genetic Genealogy Solves a 250-Year Cold Case: DNA Identifies an Unknown Teenage Soldier of the American Revolution
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