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From: Rich <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Christopher Columbus DNA
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 15:48:29 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.0.20040802001216.053dc1c8@wells.org>


Yes, I watched the show and they did extract Y-DNA
from his son.

Debbie
--- OrinWells <> wrote:

> At 10:42 PM 8/1/2004, Robert Tarn wrote:
>
> >They also mentioned they successfully extracted the
> Y-DNA from his son
> >Hernando.
>
> Can anyone confirm this? It would be of tremendous
> interest and
> significance to some of us who know where we can
> find possibly partially
> preserved bodies from earlier periods that are
> relevant to our projects.
>
> If they are able to extract the y-DNA with any hope
> of testing it with
> valid results, I am ready to go after two bodies
> that are just a little
> older than this. Getting permission might be a
> whole different issue.
>
> My understanding was that the y-chromosome had a
> tendency to break up and
> getting useful DNA was only a pipe dream.
>
> Diahan, can someone from Relative Genetics comment
> on this? Maybe a call
> to Scott would be in order here?
>




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