[yesthatjallen]

*Beethoven was not black. Nor was he a Jewish woman*

Cell: Current Biology

Highlights

Eight locks of hair attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven underwent genomic analyses

We deemed five of these authentic and sequenced Beethoven’s genome to high coverage

Beethoven had a predisposition for liver disease and became infected with hepatitis B

We also discovered an extra-pair-paternity event in Beethoven’s paternal line

[dfwgator]

[PGR88]

Archived, non-paywall version of article

https://archive.is/R9Nmh

[Billthedrill]

Science is racist.

[tired&retired]

FASCINATING READ.

The detective work was phenomenal.

[Leaning Right]

Since I’ve been here for 10+ years, I need only read the title before commenting.
And here’s what I want to know. Why all the interest in some big old dog?

[Jane Long]

Did they determine the reason for his hearing loss?

[minnesota_bound]

Tsk tsk, you forgot to capitalize black..... : )

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks again yesthatjallen, 7mb PDF, full article at Current Biology:

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(23)00181-1

[1Old Pro]

We also discovered an extra-pair-paternity event in Beethoven’s paternal line

Ruh Roh

[chrisser]

What might be interesting is a scan of DNA libraries from all over Europe. If Ludwig had any romantic dalliances, it’s possible some of his direct descendants are unknowingly out there.

[yesthatjallen]

[TheElectionWasStolen]

Are we sure this wasn’t the powdered wig’s dna?