Timeline for What became of the Richard III infidelity surprise?
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| May 6, 2021 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackHistory/status/1390184559849914370 | ||
| May 3, 2021 at 17:24 | comment | added | user15620 | This site has a bit more concrete information. (But nothing newer i believe, so not an answer) | |
| May 3, 2021 at 6:09 | history | edited | parktomatomi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 3, 2021 at 5:12 | comment | added | parktomatomi | That's fair, I changed the word to "relatives". Thanks. I'm not knowledgeable about DNA testing, but the significance seems to be that both Richard and the donors all have a direct male link to Edward III | |
| May 3, 2021 at 5:11 | history | edited | parktomatomi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 3, 2021 at 5:10 | comment | added | C Monsour | Also, your last sentence in your question is off. Richard's sons had no known offspring. There are no "his descendants" for a Y chromosome comparison. | |
| May 3, 2021 at 5:05 | comment | added | parktomatomi | According to this guardian article from the time, five living anonymous donors. That article links to this nature paper which states "Y-chromosome haplotypes from male-line relatives and the remains do not match, which could be attributed to a false-paternity event occurring in any of the intervening generations. " | |
| May 3, 2021 at 4:59 | comment | added | C Monsour | Which male line descendants of John of Gaunt didn't "match" (we're talking distant cousins) Richard's DNA? | |
| May 3, 2021 at 4:48 | history | edited | parktomatomi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 3, 2021 at 4:21 | history | edited | Lars Bosteen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 3, 2021 at 4:13 | history | edited | Lars Bosteen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 3, 2021 at 3:45 | history | asked | parktomatomi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |