[tsowellfan]

I remember reading that in the old days some would bury a loved one and then plant a tree over their grave to pay tribute to them or something such as that.

Yup and a lot of times they would plant a little tree in the shoe of the dead person and the tree would actually have the DNA of the long lost person for the hundred+ years of its life.

I would imagine that the uprooted tree would also have the DNA of whoever it was that was buried under the tree.

I don't doubt the possible reported age of the remains.

[AnalogReigns]

hey would plant a little tree in the shoe of the dead person and the tree would actually have the DNA of the long lost person for the hundred+ years of its life.

I would imagine that the uprooted tree would also have the DNA of whoever it was that was buried under the tree.

Ummm, plants do not pick up or replicate the DNA of dead animals or humans their roots sink into... If that were the case, we'd have all these hybrid plant/animals, plant/humans around.

DNA in dead flesh deteriorates very quickly. The only places DNA can be found in skeletons is possibly in the bone marrow--but even that goes away fairly quickly. I can guarantee that the DNA in 200+ year old bones in moist Connecticut soil is long gone. And like I said, it won't be picked up by plants or trees anyway.