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  • BBMmk2
    Late Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 20908

    #76
    I am more personally connected here. I think being a descendant is to why I am rather more reactionary in this thread?
    Don’t cry for me
    I go where music was born

    J S Bach 1685-1750

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26524

      #77
      Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
      I am more personally connected here. I think being a descendant is to why I am rather more reactionary in this thread?
      Did you offer Leicester Uni an oral swab, BBM?

      Might have only revealed a close relationship with Messrs Shepherd and Neame?

      I wish someone would post online a clear pic of those DNA comparison charts one glimpsed briefly in the press conference today.
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • french frank
        Administrator/Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 30256

        #78
        Did it say whose DNA they used for comparison?
        It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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        • BBMmk2
          Late Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 20908

          #79
          Rather interesting that. I know I am a descendant of John of Gaunt, but as to his third or fourth child(cant remember offhand), I didnt come forward fore an aural swab though. They wanted one of the descendanyts more diorect to Richard III than of mine ancestral roots.

          I reckon there be more Kentish Cali!!

          Edit: They did but need to watch that press conference again.
          Don’t cry for me
          I go where music was born

          J S Bach 1685-1750

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          • mercia
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8920

            #80
            The results of the DNA analysis showed us the hair and eye colour of Richard III as well as confirming that remains were indeed of the King.

            Every one of us, males and females alike, inherit our mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from our biological mother. However, only females, through birth, can pass this onto subsequent generations. So, Richard III inherited his mtDNA from his mother, Cecily, Duchess of York (née Neville), and this was passed on by his sister, Anne of York.

            DNA analysis of the Greyfriars bones was crucial to confirming their identity as those of Richard III. But that analysis would be meaningless without something for comparison.

            Discover the background to the search for King Richard III, the discovery and identification of the remains - and the implications for our understanding of history.

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26524

              #81
              Originally posted by mercia View Post
              http://www.le.ac.uk/richardiii/scien...ultsofdna.html
              DNA analysis of the Greyfriars bones was crucial to confirming their identity as those of Richard III. But that analysis would be meaningless without something for comparison.

              http://www.le.ac.uk/richardiii/index.html

              Oh thank you mercia... I looked but did not find (Must be in AA mode)

              Yes - the unlikely name of Michael Ibsen is the Plantagenet descendant...
              "...the isle is full of noises,
              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26524

                #82
                Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                aural swab


                'Ear 'ear!!

                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • jean
                  Late member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 7100

                  #83
                  Originally posted by french frank View Post
                  Did it say whose DNA they used for comparison?
                  They interviewed someone on R4 - I don't remember the exact relationship, but he spoke with an American accent and assured us that he would not be claiming the throne.

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                  • Mr Pee
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 3285

                    #84
                    Originally posted by amateur51 View Post

                    By all means re-bury him but where he was found please and with only the minimum of fuss
                    According to the Telegraph, he is to be re-interred in a "major ceremony" sometime next year:-



                    I look forward to it. It will be a remarkable moment in our history.
                    Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

                    Mark Twain.

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                    • french frank
                      Administrator/Moderator
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 30256

                      #85
                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Yes - the unlikely name of Michael Ibsen is the Plantagenet descendant...
                      More here.
                      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                      • MrGongGong
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 18357

                        #86
                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post


                        'Ear 'ear!!

                        one for mrBeefs CD collection ?

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                        • vinteuil
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 12800

                          #87
                          Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
                          It will be a remarkable moment in our history.
                          ... really?

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                          • MrGongGong
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 18357

                            #88
                            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                            ... really?
                            Of course it will be
                            that's what it says in the script

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                            • Mr Pee
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 3285

                              #89
                              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                              ... really?
                              Yes, I think so. The re-burial of the last English King to die on the battlefield, who has been found and identified by a combination of gut feeling, good old-fashioned detective work, and the latest scientific advances, and who could very easily have lain undiscovered for ever. I think that will be a truly remarkable moment, and a historic one to boot.

                              And there is to be a special museum and exhibition about the whole saga which will be opening next year as well.

                              It's enough to make me want to visit Leicester.....and I never thought I would be saying that!!!
                              Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

                              Mark Twain.

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                              • Eine Alpensinfonie
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 20570

                                #90
                                Originally posted by french frank View Post
                                Did it say whose DNA they used for comparison?
                                A descendent of Richard III's sister, I understand.

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