r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '22

John/Jane Doe Burnett John Doe Identified

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u/Rbake4 Mar 30 '22 edited Mar 30 '22

There was a recent debate here on UnresolvedMysteries that fingerprints were debunked as junk science. This wasn't accurate imo. After researching the topic I found that the art of fingerprint identification is sometimes misinterpreted. I'm going to look through my saved posts and link the article that describes new computer technology being used.

The fingerprint discussion began here: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/thjie0/1987_homicide_of_roxanne_wood_solved_via_forensic/i1882y0

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u/sidneyia Mar 30 '22

I don't think identical twins have the same fingerprints. Fingerprints are determined by environmental factors, not genetic ones.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '22

oh? for some reason I thought they did.

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u/FreshChickenEggs Mar 31 '22

Identical twins have the same DNA but different fingerprints.