[AnAmericanMother]

It's pretty likely that it is Jones, given the care taken in the burial (not usual for that cemetery), the autopsy results, and the overlay.

If it were a question of justice or a crime, it might be worth digging up his brother to see if they can get enough DNA for a match. But, depending on how and where his brother was buried, there may not be any DNA to sample. (Sometimes there's literally nothing left but dust or a "shadow" in the ground, particularly if the soil is acidic.)

Since nobody's committed a crime and the existing evidence tallies, it doesn't seem worth disturbing everybody just on the off chance that the newspapers can have a field day over a possible mistaken identity.

[kabar]

"His body lay in an alcohol filled coffin in an unmarked grave in a cemetary for foreign Protestants for over a century." How fitting for a sailor.

[Jessarah]

Since nobody's committed a crime and the existing evidence tallies, it doesn't seem worth disturbing everybody just on the off chance that the newspapers can have a field day over a possible mistaken identity.

I agree. A few days ago I was telling my 10 year old that they were going to do this with Christopher Columbus's grave. He replied, "They shouldn't do that. It's like messing with your leftovers!"