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The Identification of a 1916 Irish Rebel: New Approach for Estimating Relatedness From Low Coverage Homozygous Genomes.
Scientific reports - 30 Jan 2017
Fernandes Daniel, Sirak Kendra, Novak Mario, Finarelli John A, Byrne John, Connolly Edward, Carlsson Jeanette E L, Ferretti Edmondo, Pinhasi Ron, Carlsson Jens
Abstract excerpt
Thomas Kent was an Irish rebel who was executed by British forces in the aftermath of the Easter Rising armed insurrection of 1916 and buried in a shallow grave on Cork prison's grounds. In 2015, ninety-nine years after his death, a state funeral was offered to his living family to honor his role in the struggle for Irish independence. However, inaccuracies in record keeping did not allow the bodily remains that...
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