In December, U.S. officials signed an agreement with the North Koreans that extended the search and recovery operations for 2001. The Pentagon expects to conduct 10 operations this year, starting this spring and going through November. We are getting access, and we are getting success. The remains are taken to the Army's Central Identification Laboratory in Honolulu, where forensic specialists try to identify them. Some families have contributed DNA samples into a central registry to help identify the remains of their missing loved ones, but more remains are still unidentified.
Genealogists also help track down relatives.
You could positively identify an individual by just one tooth.