[Verse 1]
In nineteen twelve when the ship went down
A little child was lost and found
No name, no family could be traced
Just "Unknown Child" upon his grave
The families wondered through the years
Could this be ours through all their tears?
Finnish, English, Swedish too
Each hoping that their child they knew
[Chorus]
DNA extraction from the degraded past
STR analysis makes comparisons fast
Y-chromosome patterns tell the family line
Algorithms solve what seemed lost in time
Extract, compare, and analyze
Ancient secrets can't disguise
Modern methods solve the case
Give the unknown child his face
[Verse 2]
Scientists took samples from his teeth
Genetic material underneath
Though decades old and broken down
DNA extraction algorithms found
Short tandem repeats in the code
Compared to families down the road
First they thought young Eino's name
Would end the Unknown Child's long game
[Chorus]
DNA extraction from the degraded past
STR analysis makes comparisons fast
Y-chromosome patterns tell the family line
Algorithms solve what seemed lost in time
Extract, compare, and analyze
Ancient secrets can't disguise
Modern methods solve the case
Give the unknown child his face
[Bridge]
But science keeps improving every day
New algorithms show a better way
Mitochondrial DNA from mother's side
Revealed the truth they couldn't hide
[Verse 3]
In two thousand seven came the proof
Advanced techniques found the truth
Not Finnish Eino as they thought
But Sidney Goodwin's line was caught
English toddler, mother's match
Mystery solved in science batch
From unknown grave to family tree
Algorithms set the truth free
[Final Chorus]
DNA extraction from the degraded past
STR analysis makes comparisons fast
Y-chromosome patterns tell the family line
Algorithms solve what seemed lost in time
Extract, compare, and analyze
Ancient secrets can't disguise
Sidney Goodwin was his name
Science solved the Unknown's claim
[Outro]
No longer unknown, now he rests
With family name upon his chest
When mysteries seem too hard to solve
Let algorithms help evolve