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"That was done many years ago - first by the forensic scientist that was on the 1978 team - and he wrote a book on it - I forget the type - I'd have to look it up but I think it's AB."

Well, not really.

STURP did no DNA analysis....and the guy that wrote that book you're referring to went WAY off the reservation. Got in some trouble for it, too.

However, the blood HAS been typed as AB+ and is definitely human blood. We even know which blood was from when he was alive and which blood was post-mortum (i.e. the blood from the spear thrust in his anatomical right side).

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Thanks for all of your posts on this threads, they are fascinating.

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However, the blood HAS been typed as AB+ and is definitely human blood. We even know which blood was from when he was alive and which blood was post-mortum (i.e. the blood from the spear thrust in his anatomical right side).

It's also important to note that a medieval forger would have had NO KNOWLEDGE that there even were different blood types, nor would he have known that science would one day be able to determine whether or not blood came from a living person or a dead person. In fact, a medieval forger wouldn't have even considered it important to use human blood.