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Genetic genealogy reveals true Y haplogroup of House of Bourbon contradicting recent identification of the presumed remains of two French Kings.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 May 2014
Larmuseau Maarten H D, Delorme Philippe, Germain Patrick, Vanderheyden Nancy, Gilissen Anja, Van Geystelen Anneleen, Cassiman Jean-Jacques, Decorte Ronny
Abstract excerpt
Genetic analysis strongly increases the opportunity to identify skeletal remains or other biological samples from historical figures. However, validation of this identification is essential and should be done by DNA typing of living relatives. Based on the similarity of a limited set of Y-STRs, a blood sample and a head were recently identified as those belonging respectively to King Louis XVI and his paternal...
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