Leonardo da Vinci's Genetic Profile Advances with DNA and Lineage Breakthroughs
- On May 22, 2025, Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato published Genealogy and Genetics for Leonardo’s DNA, tracing da Vinci’s family tree in Vinci, Italy.
- The publication follows 30 years of international genetic research aiming to reconstruct da Vinci’s lineage amid the absence of confirmed DNA from him.
- The book details a family tree spanning 21 generations and over 400 individuals, revealing 15 male-line descendants linked to da Vinci’s father and half-brother.
- Vezzosi explained that the project aims to trace the Da Vinci family tree through to modern times to support scientific analysis of Leonardo’s DNA.
- This work supports efforts to recover Leonardo’s DNA and better understand his creativity, vision, health, and death, though genetic proof remains unconfirmed.
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Dalmatius, the Heir of Leonardo Da Vinci: ♪ A Life as an Inventor (but with Money They Tricked Me). The Gioconda? I've Never Seen It Live ♪
Dalmatio Vinci is the oldest of the direct descendants - just discovered thanks to the examination of the DNA - of the genius: airplanes, go karts, boat engines, cameras: I invented everything, and I also went on TV from Bonolis. A wish? I would like to go on Leonardo's tomb.
Leonardo da Vinci's DNA: Researchers confirm Y chromosome shared by six living family descendants
For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for his extraordinary talent and groundbreaking experiments. Today, an international collaboration known as the Leonardo DNA Project is closer than ever to uncovering the biological secrets of the greatest genius of the Renaissance.
Leonardo Da Vinci Has Living Heirs, Surveys of the Y Chromosome
Further step forward in the 'hunt' to the DNA of Leonardo Da Vinci and his living heirs: six possible descendants of the Renaissance genius were examined and the analysis revealed that portions of the Y chromosome, used for the renown... (ANSA)
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