Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you.
Posted on 03/15/2026 8:14:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
...the idea behind the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project, which aims to accurately answer a simple question: since we couldn't sequence Leonardo's DNA in the 1500s, are his bones at Amboise Castle really his?
To get there, the team plans to compare DNA from Leonardo's remains with profiles from his living relatives -- and, if the samples check out, assemble more of Leonardo's genome.
Because the legendary Renaissance artist had no children, researchers Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato of the Leonardo Da Vinci Heritage Association started with old-school genealogy, publishing Genìa Da Vinci. Genealogy and Genetics for Leonardo's DNA. Their tree follows collateral lines through Leonardo's father and a half-brother, tracing the male lineage back to 1331 and flagging relatives whose DNA could anchor the test.
The emphasis on the paternal line of Leonardo's lineage is due to more than just the availability of information, as Leonardo was born out of wedlock from a union between the respected notary Ser Piero and a peasant woman identified as Caterina. It's because the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project relied on the Y-chromosome to identify 15 male-line descendants of Leonardo's branch of his family tree, as that chromosome is passed unaltered from the father to the son...
In addition to verifying if Leonardo da Vinci truly is buried where he's supposed to be, sequencing his DNA can also offer a richer understanding of the man whose works continue to captivate the world more than half a millennium after his birth. Genetic markers can clarify physical traits we've only inferred from Leonardo's portraits, like ancestry, pigmentation, and certain health risks. It won't decode "genius," but it could add valuable biological context to his life and work.
(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...
|
|
Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. |
Thanks for the link!
Whose bones are in Grant’s Tomb? Ha.
US Grant and his wife, Julia.
If you ask the question that way, it’s no fun anymore.
It sounds ridiculous. How do they know that these six people are in any way descended from relatives of Leonardo da Vinci? It’s been 700 years. It would serve to prove that the people were not related to da Vinci if none of them matched the bones.
You can always tell who you mother was, and who her mother was, etc. You never know who your father was, or is until you get the DNA done.
1. Why would they even START to wonder this?
2. Why is THIS article in Popular Mechanics?
These are the sort of questions that keep me up at night 🤨
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
