Hire the Firebirds

Does your law enforcement agency need help with one or more of your cases? We would like to work with you!

  • Identifying a suspect in a violent crime*

  • Identifying unknown remains of a deceased individual

Through Gene by Gene**, Firebird Forensics is an approved vendor for State of Washington Attorney General’s office and for the State of Utah Department of Public safety.

Firebird Forensics is an authorized vendor with the San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Department - Coroner Division.

If you have 10 or more cases, we can discuss a bulk discount for testing at Gene by Gene.

You can use our online form (right) or, mail inquiries may be sent to:

Firebird Forensics Group, Inc.
c/o Barbara Rae-Venter
P O Box 5566
Carmel, CA 93921-5566

We recommend testing through Gene by Gene and have attached a copy of their price list below. Please note that the cost of testing includes update to both the FamilyTreeDNA database and Gedmatch.

 *The databases we use to solve violent crimes have different definitions.

Gene by Gene (Parent company of FamilyTreeDNA):

Permission to use the Service for law enforcement purposes is only granted in the following cases:

  • To identify the remains of a deceased individual

  • To identify a perpetrator of homicide, sexual assault, or abduction

GEDmatch:

You will only use the Services for law enforcement use to identify the perpetrator of a violent crime (where 'violent crime' is defined as murder, non-negligent manslaughter, aggravated rape, robbery, or aggravated assault) or to identify human remains (which, for clarity, excludes fetal remains and remains of stillborn children), and only in a manner that complies with all laws that apply to you.

** Full disclosure, Barbara Rae-Venter is the director of Investigative Genetic Genealogy at Gene by Gene.