Allison Peacock brings passion, skills, and unique expertise to the investigation of unknown human identities. As the founder of FHD Forensics, she works primarily with law enforcement and public interest historical investigations, with cases for private clients undertaken as workload permits.

Prior to turning her 20 year personal passion for genealogy to the silent mass disaster of cold cases, Allison built consistent and exceptional results as a corporate consultant. Key clients included Fortune 500 technology recruiting company, Aquent; global healthcare technology giants, Dell and Barco; and numerous healthcare operations, non-profit organizations, and innovative physician entrepreneurs. With the emergence of medical genomics in recent years, she assisted clients in communicating complex scientific information to professional audiences, conveying similar concepts in lay terminology to patients.

As a genealogical detective, Allison has researched genealogies in at least 15 foreign countries and counting. With the growing popularity of direct-to-consumer DNA testing, she began using genealogy to determine unknown identities. Her solved cases include scores of unknown biological parent and unidentified remains cases, as well as criminal cold cases. In 2023, she acted as expert witness in a precedent setting trafficking case using genetic genealogy to establish paternity for the endangered child of a sex worker in the Philippines.

Other DNA identification projects include the paternity of a man born in South Carolina in 1856, confirmation of a client’s relationship to explorer Daniel Boone, the identity of an international black market adoption survivor, a dual perpetrator Midwestern homicide case, and assisting the families of two Texas murder victims with locating the couple’s missing daughter after 41 years. That 2021 case led to the innovative creation of the Dean and Tina Linn Clouse Memorial Fund to underwrite unidentified remains cases, providing the opportunity for their families to turn their pain into purpose. She now serves as the Advisory Board Chairman for Genealogy For Justice, the nonprofit dedicated to managing this fund and addressing the cold crisis through crowdfunding and philanthropy.

Her most recent undertaking is the study of the world’s oldest autosomal DNA profiles for the Camden Burials DNA Project. These are the completely unknown subject identifications of Revolutionary War casualties from the Battle of Camden that took place August 16, 1780 in South Carolina. She calls this work to learn more about America’s first veterans “the investigation of a lifetime.”

An avid storyteller, Peacock has authored memoirs and family history books for private clients. She also created and hosts the Family History Detectives® podcast. A recently completed collaboration with journalist Cristina Corbin entitled What About Holly? was a Top Five true crime title on Apple Podcasts. Allison has been interviewed on the subject of genetic genealogy by every major American media network, appearing on broadcasts such as GMA3, ABC’s 20/20, and CNN Tonight with Laura Coates. She has just wrapped filming an episode for Bloodline Detectives, hosted by Nancy Grace, which will air in late 2025.