Identification of the skeletal remains of Martin Bormann by mtDNA analysis

Anslinger, Katja; Weichhold, G.; Keil, W.; Bayer, Birgit; Eisenmenger, Wolfgang

doi:10.1007/s004140000176

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“…18 This has been successfully realized in the identification of the grave of the Nazi official, Martin Bormann. 19 A recent study reported the genetic identification of the remains of two kings of France by comparing their Y-STR profiles. One of these samples is a presumptive blood sample of King Louis XVI (1754-1793), who died on the guillotine during the French Revolution.…”

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Genetic genealogy reveals true Y haplogroup of House of Bourbon contradicting recent identification of the presumed remains of two French Kings

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Genetic analysis strongly increases the opportunity to identify skeletal remains or other biological samples from historical figures. However, validation of this identification is essential and should be done by DNA typing of living relatives. Based on the similarity of a limited set of Y-STRs, a blood sample and a head were recently identified as those belonging respectively to King Louis XVI and his paternal ancestor King Henry IV. Here, we collected DNA samples from three living males of the House of Bourbon to validate the since then controversial identification of these remains. The three living relatives revealed the Bourbon's Y-chromosomal variant on a high phylogenetic resolution for several members of the lineage between Henry IV and Louis XVI. This 'true' Bourbon's variant is different from the published Y-STR profiles of the blood as well as of the head. The earlier identifications of these samples can therefore not be validated. Moreover, matrilineal genealogical data revealed that the published mtDNA sequence of the head was also different from the one of a series of relatives. This therefore leads to the conclusion that the analyzed samples were not from the French kings. Our study once again demonstrated that in order to realize an accurate genetic identification of historical remains DNA typing of living persons, who are paternally or maternally related with the presumed donor of the samples, is required.

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Genetic genealogy reveals true Y haplogroup of House of Bourbon contradicting recent identification of the presumed remains of two French Kings

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“…Not infrequently, however, STR typing fails in samples of poor quality including highly degraded specimens, old bone fragments or hair shafts without roots. For these types of samples, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis has been successfully introduced [5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

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Identification of DNA of human origin based on amplification of human-specific mitochondrial cytochrome b region

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Seo

Kakizaki

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Forensic Science International

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“…To our knowledge, this investigation is the first to analyse blood evidence from such religious phenomena using forensic genetics techniques. However, many other historical cases without a religious background have been analysed with mtDNA [2,9,10]. In our case of stigmatisation, no evidence for manipulation or faking could be found.…”

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Wonder or fake—investigations in the case of the stigmatisation of Therese Neumann von Konnersreuth

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We investigated two compresses used by Therese Neumann (T.N.), a woman who lived from 1898 until 1962 in Konnersreuth, Germany. The compresses were soaked with blood during the appearance of stigmata on T.N.'s body on a Friday. T.N. became very popular among the faithful in Germany at this time. The question was whether this blood was from T.N. herself or from a family relative or an animal. The comparison of the HV1 and HV2 mtDNA sequence obtained from the compresses with the sequences from a reference sample from a maternally related niece of T.N. revealed an identity. Furthermore, we obtained a short tandem repeat (STR) profile from the bloodstains that were identical with the STR profile from a gummed envelope. The envelope contained a letter written by T.N. in the 1930s. Therefore, our investigations gave no indication for any manipulation.

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Identification of the skeletal remains of Martin Bormann by mtDNA analysis

Cited by 45 publications

References 8 publications

Genetic genealogy reveals true Y haplogroup of House of Bourbon contradicting recent identification of the presumed remains of two French Kings

Genetic genealogy reveals true Y haplogroup of House of Bourbon contradicting recent identification of the presumed remains of two French Kings

Identification of DNA of human origin based on amplification of human-specific mitochondrial cytochrome b region

Wonder or fake—investigations in the case of the stigmatisation of Therese Neumann von Konnersreuth

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