Comments on: DNA Analysis Confirms Remains of Famed 16th Century Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus

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My Own Reflection – View 3 | Ownage Network — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:04:45 +0000

[...] for those wondering how we know Copernicus’ mtDNA, we turn to The Spittoon: "Even though DNA begins degrading immediately following death, the genetic material is often [...]

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Cool Single Mom Parenting images | Single Parenting Guide — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:10:16 +0000

[...] for those wondering how we know Copernicus’ mtDNA, we turn to The Spittoon: "Even though DNA begins degrading immediately following death, the genetic material is often [...]

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[...] for those pondering how we know Copernicus’ mtDNA, we turn to The Spittoon: "Even even though DNA starts degrading immediately following death, the genetic materials [...]

By: Shwu

Shwu — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:35:06 +0000

Hi Christine,

There are a few other famous people who have maternal or paternal line information available, that customers can view on our website: Marie Antoinette, Jimmy Buffett, Warren Buffett, Jesse James, Benjamin Franklin, Bono, Genghis Khan, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas, Jefferson, and John Adams.

This page at ISOGG also lists a number of famous people (includes many of the ones listed above) and what’s known about them genetically: http://isogg.org/famousdna.htm

There is also this NYT article about the possible remains of St. Luke.

By: Christine Sorenson

Christine Sorenson — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:24:52 +0000

Fascinating! Do you have lists of other famous people for whom this genetic analysis has been done? In the Haplogroup H writeup (to which I belong) it mentions the mitochondrial DNA of St. Luke-I had no ideas his remains existed. Is there an article about him somewhere?