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19th century family saga re-told by DNA recovered from postcard stamps

Forensic Science International, ISSN: 0379-0738, Vol: 330, Page: 111129
2022
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  • Citations
    1
  • Captures
    15
  • Mentions
    4
    • News Mentions
      3
      • 3
    • Blog Mentions
      1
      • 1
  • Social Media
    415
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      415
      • Facebook
        415

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Scientists Settled an Old Family Mystery Using DNA From Postcards

Swiss forensic geneticists analyzed DNA recovered from postage stamps dating back to World War I and solved a century-old paternity puzzle.

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Scientists settled a century-old family drama using DNA from postcards

ic geneticists analyzed DNA recovered from postage stamps dating back to World War I and solved a century-old paternity puzzle. Photo credit: FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

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Old postcards with stamps might help unravelling historical family stories and relationships. By employing ancient DNA recovered from world war I postage stamps, we disprove a family saga of an illegitimate child born in 1887. We developed a protocol to collect DNA from saliva, trapped and protected on the backside of postage stamps glued on postcards. With replicate STR analyses we were able to assemble almost full autosomal and Y-STR profiles of three male, deceased family members. The illegitimate child turned out to be a legitimate child of a later married couple.

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