translated from Spanish: They are a lock of hair of Leonardo Da Vinci, they investigate their DNA

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World-two Italian researchers found a lock of hair that are attributed to the Renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci in a private collection in the United States and believe that it will be useful for tracing their DNA, they reported in a statement.
“We have discovered and recovered a lock of hair of Leonardo. With another rest him, this extraordinary relic will allow continue to seek his DNA,”announced the director of the Ideal Leonardo Museum in Vinci, Alessandro Vezossi and historian Agnese Sabato.
The hair of this universal Genius will be shown for the first time at a press conference in Vinci on next May 2, day in which commemorate the five hundred years of his death in 1519 in France, where he lived his last years protected by King Francisco I.
In the press conference a series of documents that would show the “old French origin” of the hair will be illustrated and also “Leonardo lives” will open the exhibition on the occasion of this anniversary, says Vezossi.
In the opinion of the expert Sabato discovery is “the element that was missing to give scientific concretion” your inquiries about relatives of the genius, who died childless and who is buried in the castle of Amboise (Centre of France).
The same Sabato and Vezzosi announced in 2016 who had managed to find living descendants of Leonardo in indirect line, namely his father Piero and his brother Domenico.
“Thanks to genetic analysis of the ruins, will be crossed with the tests of the DNA of living descendants and the graves that we have found in recent years, is now possible to proceed to find the DNA of genius”, held the expert.
 
Source: Informant MX
 

Original source in Spanish