This is weird…
New family tree spans 21 generations, 690 years, finds 14 living male descendants.How does one have no children but does have living descendants?Leonardo himself had at least 22 half-brothers but no children…
This study starts generations before Leonardo, and the referenced “descendants” are those of his father and other ancestors, not his. Through serial marriage and lots of cheating, L’s father sired a horde of sons, who continued the DNA line by breeding.
Italians define family differently. "Family" is anyone who comes over every week to eat. "Family" is not only your biological relatives, but also your godparents and godchildren, and all their relatives. And your close neighbors whom you're speaking to. And their relatives. And all the people you like and love. And their relatives. And their neighbors. And...
He doesn’t have any living descendants. All this shows is that his ancestors’ DNA has survived here and there.