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Heat of Air India Crash Hinders DNA Identification, Agonizing Relatives

Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

© Atul Loke for The New York Times

Family members mourn at the funeral on Sunday for Shubham Modi and Shagun Modi, who were killed during the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Lives Lost in India Crash: Expectant Grandparents, a Boy Selling Tea

At the hospital in Ahmedabad, family members were giving DNA samples, waiting for official confirmation of their loss in the Air India disaster, and remembering their loved ones.

© Atul Loke for The New York Times

A DNA Technique Is Finding Women Who Left Their Babies for Dead

Genetic genealogy is identifying the mothers of deceased newborns found abandoned, shedding light on crimes that went unsolved for years. Women now may face lengthy prison sentences for decades-old chapters of their pasts.

© Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times

Wayne Springer, a former investigator for Medina County, at the site in Hondo, Texas, where a deceased newborn was found.
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