genealogy

But De Rothschild did not appear in the official genealogy maintained in the family’s archive, and other details of his life that were shared by acquaintances could not be verified.

He was not born with that name and does not appear in the official genealogy maintained in the archive of the Rothschilds.

Now experts from genealogy firm Findmypast have pored over censuses and newspaper archives to uncover the story of the workers who left the intriguing time capsule.

Investigative genetic genealogy is a tool in which modern investigators build family trees using crime-scene DNA that has been entered into databases.

Rosas said that DNA strand was sent to a genealogy company in Colorado, which was then able to provide new leads.