Following the collision of two trains a large number of passengers are killed

Following the collision of two trains a large number of passengers are killed. A majority of them are beyond recognition.
Authorities want to hand over the dead to their relatives.
Name a modern scientific method and write the procedure that would help in the identification of kinship.

DNA fingerprinting is the modern technique which can be used to identify the victims of train accident and hand over their bodies to their relatives.
Source of DNA can be from blood, saliva, skin cells, bone cells, cells from hair root, from dead bodies are used as a source of DNA for fingerprinting.