“Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/arts/salvador-dali-paternity-lawsuit.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%20Science&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
This article regarding Salvador Dalí made headlines all across news stations when Pilar Abel claimed that Dalí was indeed her father. If Dalí was indeed her father, Pilar Abel would have inherited the fortune that Dalí’s estate that is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Salvador Dalí is known as one of the best painters to ever live and his works are still studied today. He was a an icon when alive appearing on talk shows and interviews to talk about his paintings. He died without having a child. Many years after his death, Pilar Abel claimed to be the daughter of Dalí and wanted to take an official paternity test to see if she indeed was the daughter and if that means she would be able to get the hundreds of millions of dollars inherited by being the daughter of Dalí. The only way to test if she was the daughter was to find Dalí’s body which is in a museum in the Catalonia region, and retrieve DNA to see if the two would match. Scientists were baffled to find the body of Dalí surprisingly intact and took the information they needed. Ironically, the museum where Dalí’s body is was designed by Dalí himself. He died at age 84 in 1989 and even his mustache was intact from when he died which is remarkable. Once the paternity test came back it was clear that Dalí was not the father of Pilar Abel. Proving that Dalí died without having kids.
This article shows how curtail forensic evidence can be especially when determining the DNA of two individuals. Without information and testing like this, Pilar Abel could have gotten away as being the daughter of a Picasso like figure, but thankfully we are able to find the truth through the paternity test. As stated in the article, “Ms. Abel’s paternity lawsuit had been supported by forensic experts and the results of DNA testing, she could have claimed part of the estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars that Dalí left to the Spanish government.” It is moments like these in history that we are blessed to have forensic studies.
I would say this article was a very good read. I enjoyed learning about Dalí because of how famous he is and I loved how there was real forensic science involved as well. Finding like this in any case are extremely important and we have to keep thriving in this aspect to be able to determine matters like this. A great read and a great article.
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7 comments:
Alexander Plaza
Mr.Ippolito
9/23/17
Forensics Comment
Minder, Raphael. “Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/arts/salvador-dali-paternity-lawsuit.html?rref.
Griffin, I read your review of “Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows.” by Raphael Minder and I thought that you did a good job. I thought that you did a nice job with your summary of the article. I was not confused about your topic. This is good for the readers since it creates a understanding of the subject matter for your review. Also, I like that your summary includes background information about Dali. It gives the reader useful information contributing to understanding the article. Finally, I like that you are able to make an important connection to how forensic science has such an immense effect on civil cases.
Although your article was good, there are some things that you could improve on. First, I think you could elaborate on how scientists conducted their investigation or make a criticism about the article if it was not their. It would help to learn more about the forensic science aspect of the case. Also, I believe that you could improve some minor grammatical errors. This would stop the reader’s attention from being drawn away from the content of the review towards the grammar.
Overall, I enjoyed your review. This case perfectly shows why forensic science is so important not only in high stakes criminal cases, but also civil cases.
Kevin Formato
Mr. Ippolito
9/24/17
Forensics Comment
Minder, Raphael. "Salvador Dali Was Not Woman's Father, DNA Test Shows." The New York Times, 6 Sept. 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/arts/salvador-dali-paternity-lawsuit.html?mcubz=0
Griffin, I read your review and thought about how forensics is playing a key role even after the passing of the famous artist Salvador Dali. This review clearly states how a paternity test proved that Salvador Dali did not have any children. Also, the review states that scientists needed to use Dali's DNA from his preserved body in the museum and the woman's DNA to confirm whether Dali was the father or not. The review suggests that without the DNA paternity test, the young woman, Pilar Abel may have received part of his estate and taken away money from the Spanish government.
One suggestion is to state what happened with Pilar Abel and if there were charges brought against her for false claims and her pursuit to receive millions of dollars. Why now did she step forward with this claim? Perhaps another improvement might discuss how a paternity test is done and what they look for to make a definite match.
I learned that a paternity test actually help keep the Salvador Dali's estate in the right hands. A great review Griffin.
Andrew Rotchford
Mr.Ippolito
9/23/17
Forensics Comment
Minder, Raphael. “Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/arts/salvador-dali-paternity-lawsuit.html?rref.
I read Griffin’s review of “Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows.” by Raphael Minder and I thought that he did a great job. Griffin did a great job by giving a summary of the article and the topic that it was talking about. He did a good job because he let the reader get an understanding of what the review was about. Another thing that you did great was give background information about Dali. It helps give the reader useful information about the article. Finally I think that he did a great job by connecting how forensic science has a big effect on civil cases and how important it is,
Even though Griffin's article was really good there was some things that he could improve on. When I think that he could have elaborated more on how scientists actually do their investigation and if it's not explain how it's not in the article. I think that would help make readers get a better understanding of what they were reading. Also a thing that he could have improved on were some grammatical errors but that's easy to fix.
In the end Griffin wrote a great review. He picked a great article that talks about how forensic science is not only important for criminal cases but it also helps with civil cases too which are just as important.
“Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/arts/salvador-dali-paternity-lawsuit.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%20Science&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection
The first point well presented in Gelinas’s current is the way in which he first summarized the article effectively by avoiding too many details but portraying the entire story without leaving anything out. The is important because sometimes when writers summarize they often tell the entire story over again which is unnecessary. Another aspect of the review that was well written was Gelinas’s transition from the summary of the article to why the article is important. Without saying why the article is important to forensic science, the review means nothing in the context of the class. Finally, Gelinas did a good job putting his own opinion about the article at the end of his review; making sure his opinion did not affect how he wrote the beginning of the article.
One point that would make the review better was by saying why he liked the article with more description. At the end of his review, he said the article was a “good read” but did not fully elaborate why. Another critique of Gelinas’s article is the grammatical errors in the review. For example, Gelinas wrote, “Finding like this, in any case, are extremely important…”
One thing that I learned from this review is how important and life-changing a DNA sample can be in terms of money and wealth. I did not realize that DNA could not only solve crimes but also be financially beneficial to people.
I read Griffin’s article on how forensic science proved that Dali did not have any children and how Pilar Abel almost got away with saying she was his only child. I think that Griff did a great job presenting the article and describing how this happened. I also liked how his article was very easy to follow and i was not confused at any point while reading his review. The connection to Forensics at the end of the review was put together very nicely and ended the review perfectly.
Although this article was very well written, there could have been some improvements such as maybe going into more detail about which steps the scientists took and were later able to conclude that Dali did not have any children. Another could have been maybe talk about why Pilar Abel thought she possibly could have been the daughter of Dali.
Overall, I was impressed with how DNA could be used on dead people and be used to test whether or not the person had children or not.
Minder, Raphael. “Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/arts/salvador-dali-paternity-lawsuit.html?rref.
I read Griffin’s review of “Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows” that was published in the New York Times. I thought that he did an overall good job summarizing the article so that the reader was not confused on the subject matter. Griffin also included background information on who Dali was and this made his review much clearer. I also enjoyed how the review was spaced into three separate paragraphs, as this made the review flow easily.
Although Griffin’s review was good overall, there are a few things that I would critique. I think it would be helpful for him to elaborate on how the scientists went through the investigation, as he states that the article included a lot of forensic evidence, but this is not included in his review. This would be very interesting to hear about in his review. Some sentences were slightly unclear. An example of this is “Finding like this in any case are extremely important and we have to keep thriving in this aspect to be able to determine matters like this.” This sentence was slightly difficult to follow, and made the review less clear. Paying attention to this would make the review much stronger.
I chose to review this article, as I found the topic quite interesting and wanted to see how scientists were able to determine this. This article was very interesting as it discusses a case that employs forensic science from a long time ago. This article surprised me in the fact that they would conduct a paternity test long after a person has died.
Griffin was the author of this analysis on the “Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows.” article which was written by Raphael Minder. He did a good job of many things in his analysis on the piece. This piece was centered around societal and civil issues and cases and it provided a good example of how this kind of forensic work can be rewarding and helpful in numerous ways. It gave the whole scientific field more depth. He made the points that were vital in the articles understanding very clear and made the whole analysis concise and on point. Even though it was very specific and clear in its message the analysis did do a good job on providing background information on the country to which this article was specific to which was Deli. He gave us the necessary information to understand the cultural and societal differences in the place which helped with our understanding of the piece. It made the analysis more enjoyable as well as provided context to a place that I do not know that much information about.
There were a few things that could be improved upon. There were some grammatical issues in the piece that though are mundane issues, they do take away from the enjoyment of the piece and it makes the work look sloppy. He also could have specified on how these tests were made and the more scientific side of this piece. This could have added more depth to the piece.
I think the most important idea in the piece is its central importance to civil cases and how forensic science effects. It shows how this science can be applied in more ways than just in the classic criminal cases which is important to us to know.
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