CeCe Moore
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Sep 14, 2026
Scott SavageGUEST
edition.
Scott SavageGUEST
So the book was actually written back in 2019, just basically after Cece Moore solved the case.
Scott SavageGUEST
Well, she didn't solve it, but she led to the information that allowed this to be solved.
Scott SavageGUEST
Something about this case made me realize that this particular case was the perfect avenue to explain how DNA works without being scientific.
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Scott SavageGUEST
what i find interesting is that all the pieces to solve the crime were in place for quite a number of years.
Scott SavageGUEST
And it took one person to think, hey, wait a minute, instead of a known person looking for relatives in that collection of DNA, what if we could take the people in the DNA collection and look for an unknown person? It was a complete reversal of the way people were thinking about it.
Scott SavageGUEST
And that thought process was done by a lady named Cece Moore.
Scott SavageGUEST
And when I first wrote this way back when I reached out to try to get an interview with her and I got silence.
Bobby CapucciHOST
This article was authored by Michael Ruiz.
Bobby CapucciHOST
With great investigative power, genetic genealogists have a great responsibility to conduct themselves ethically to preserve a system that is entirely reliant on public participation to solve violent crimes, according to C.C. Moore, a pioneer of the industry and chief genetic genealogist at Parabon Nanolabs.
Bobby CapucciHOST
Like, I've never understood why anybody would send their genetics to one of these companies.
Bobby CapucciHOST
You don't know if it's safe.
Bobby CapucciHOST
This article was authored by Michael Ruiz.
Bobby CapucciHOST
With great investigative power, genetic genealogists have a great responsibility to conduct themselves ethically to preserve a system that is entirely reliant on public participation to solve violent crimes, according to C.C. Moore, a pioneer of the industry and chief genetic genealogist at Parabon Nanolabs.
Bobby CapucciHOST
Like, I've never understood why anybody would send their genetics to one of these companies.
Bobby CapucciHOST
You don't know if it's safe.
Anne WojcickiGUEST
I mean, I think there's a couple things and there's a couple there's a couple experts out there.
Anne WojcickiGUEST
I always point people to Cece Moore.
Anne WojcickiGUEST
Cece has been a longtime supporter of 23andMe since the earliest days.
Anne WojcickiGUEST
And she has been one of those people where people come with stories very similar to you.
RachelHOST
The whole thing.
RachelHOST
You know, CeCe Moore style.
RachelHOST
Yeah.
RachelHOST
Yeah.
RebeccaHOST
Okay.
RachelHOST
So using the higher percentage matches, they started reconstructing family trees using a combination of the DNA database data, historical documents, a census record.
RachelHOST
This is how CeCe Moore does it.
RachelHOST
Yes.
Misty GillisHOST
And you might recognize her from shows like The Genetic Detective and Finding Your Roots.
Misty GillisHOST
So our guest will be CeCe Moore.
Jay RosenzweigHOST
Right, and we do film these episodes in advance, so I can tell our audience right now that, of course, you don't want to miss this one, but you don't want to miss episode 52 with the world.
Jay RosenzweigHOST
I would say she's the world's most renowned genealogist.
Paul Jack FronczakHOST
Because every day there'd be hundreds of new people on the Facebook page sending us tips.
Paul Jack FronczakHOST
I was getting emails, I was getting texts from strangers 'cause my number was out there, and I'm trying to stay on top of everything, 'cause after missing the CeCe Moore tip in the beginning where I totally b- blew it off, luckily she came back and then, you know, ended up helping me find out who I was.
Paul Jack FronczakHOST
But I'm like, "I'm not gonna do that again.
Paul Jack FronczakHOST
I'm gonna make sure I stay on top of everything that comes in." And it was a lot, you know? I'd work all day, come home, and then I'd spend all night just trying to answer tips that came in or people that would give me suggestions or comments.
BeccaGUEST
Let's build out a family tree.
BeccaGUEST
Let's, let's call up CeCe.
Amy ArcherHOST
Mm-hmm.
BeccaGUEST
You know?
Amy ArcherHOST
Thank you.
Amy ArcherHOST
CeCe Moore, where are you?
BeccaGUEST
Yeah.
Amy ArcherHOST
And he's basically saying, like, "We stay on top of this case.
CoopHOST
Somebody else had been there, somebody who wasn't Kenneth Grondin.
CoopHOST
In 2019, Grondin's defense team started pushing hard for that DNA to be run through genetic genealogy, the same kind of testing that C.C. Moore has used to crack open cold cases across the country for the last few years.
CoopHOST
By tracing DNA through public genealogy databases instead of just criminal ones, a larger pool of possible suspects can be tested than just the FBI database alone.
CoopHOST
Michigan State Police had actually even requested funding for it that same year.
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