WA WA - Seattle, WhtFem 30-50, 159UFWA, alias 'Mary Anderson', copper IUD, breast surgery scars, Oct'96

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I was so sure othram would solve this earlier as her case has been fully funded for years - my guess is either no good database hits or family contacted and not sure whether they want to go public

Othram had an update on this case and were able to identify that she has an Eastern Iran or Afghanistan, or possibly a Persian, background but it sounds like they're stuck at this point.

 
The number of people from that background who have taken a DNA test and uploaded to GEDmatch is probably extremely small. Even then, finding records (of, say, a DNA match's parents, grandparents, etc) will be very difficult in countries like Iran and Afghanistan. I'm not surprised they're stuck. They'll likely have to wait for more people to upload or for the right person to see an appeal.
 
Kitchen bowl could indicate a some kind of religious practice/ritual related to washing/cleansing? In my limited knowledge of religions i know both Judaism and Islam use water for mikvah and wudu, respectively, and perhaps other rituals? When traveling, I know there are "workarounds" or different ways of cleansing than you might do at home with all your readily available supplies.

Example of someone using a kitchen bowl for wudu. The bible is in every hotel room and could have been another decoy, like the fake name.
No. We wash hands in the morning and after bathroom and before bread and use a special cup but a kitchenbowl is a kitchenbowl.
Youd rather use the drinking glass for washing.

No religious significance to that. I guess she was a frequent traveler who carried a small supply of cooking gear to make rice, a salad etc. in her motel room.
 
Many of the Iranians who fled the Islamic Republic are not religious. (That's one reason they fled)
I'm not reading too much into the Bible etc. (She could have obtained that knowledge from TV etc) The 23rd Psalm is often depicted in graveside scenes etc.
 
Regarding the kitchen bowl, I'm wondering if this lady perhaps wore dentures?

Just recalling visits to my grandparents in the 80s and 90s and utilizing their washroom if I did overnights.

I don't know whose were whose, but one of them had theirs in a glass on the sink cabinet and the other in a small china soup bowl overnights. Probably how they kept them straight from each other.

Don't know how common the practice was of dropping them overnight into a glass or bowl (for cleaning them??) back then but just seeing their anniversary pic showing up in my memories and their big smiles in it made me think of their dentures and the glass and bowl.
 
Regarding the kitchen bowl, I'm wondering if this lady perhaps wore dentures?

Just recalling visits to my grandparents in the 80s and 90s and utilizing their washroom if I did overnights.

I don't know whose were whose, but one of them had theirs in a glass on the sink cabinet and the other in a small china soup bowl overnights. Probably how they kept them straight from each other.

Don't know how common the practice was of dropping them overnight into a glass or bowl (for cleaning them??) back then but just seeing their anniversary pic showing up in my memories and their big smiles in it made me think of their dentures and the glass and bowl.
The report said she wore a dental plate.
It is still recommended not to sleep with dentures.

However, a dental plate could mean many things. (Like a partial retainer, which can be slept with) Either way, she would need to take it out and soak it daily.

Don’t wear your dentures when sleeping.When you’re not wearing your dentures, put them in a safe place covered in water to keep them from warping
 
28 years ago, no one is any closer to finding out who Mary really was and why she took her life. I keep checking to see if anything new has come of the case and there's still nothing. With the internet, the strides in DNA and the genealogy sites that someone should have been able to find a relative of hers given they (whomever they are) at least a cousin for god's sake. It's so frustrating. I live here in WA state but I never hear a thing here in my state or here on this site. It's impossible that there's nothing.
 
28 years ago, no one is any closer to finding out who Mary really was and why she took her life. I keep checking to see if anything new has come of the case and there's still nothing. With the internet, the strides in DNA and the genealogy sites that someone should have been able to find a relative of hers given they (whomever they are) at least a cousin for god's sake. It's so frustrating. I live here in WA state but I never hear a thing here in my state or here on this site. It's impossible that there's nothing.
Unfortunately it's quite possible that there's nothing, or nearly nothing. With her ethnic origins, the relatives they have found on genealogy sites will be very distant cousins, so distant they would have no idea who she was.
 

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