US EditionGeorge Washington's descendants identified in DNA study of unmarked remains
- Researchers used DNA analysis to uncover ancestry details, including a Y-chromosomal profile of George Washington's relatives.
- By comparing modern and ancient DNA, clues about long-lost Washington family members were revealed.
- The study's findings could aid in identifying unknown military remains dating back to World War II.
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DNA study IDs descendants of George Washington from unmarked remains, findings to aid service member IDs going back to World War II
New DNA sequencing technologies have identified the historical remains of George Washington's grandnephews, Samuel Walter Washington and George Steptoe Washington Jr., and their mother, Lucy Payne Washington, from unmarked, fragmentary bones left at the Harewood family cemetery in Charles Town, West Virginia, in the mid-1800s.
Unmarked Remains in West Virginia Are Actually George Washington's Descendants
Twenty-five years ago, a team of researchers excavated a cemetery in West Virginia hoping to find George Washington’s little brother. Five graves were unearthed, and after testing small bones retrieved from these burial sites, tentative identities have been assigned. A new DNA analysis has now certified three sets of…Read more...
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