Archaeologists are DNA testing some bones they've found to see if they might be the remains of Richard III. Are there any other members of the Royal Family....

[seeker]

where DNA testing might produce interesting results?

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

They could have been anywhere. Out of sight, out of mind.

[Themumsnot]

Not buying it. They had disappeared. People were saying that they were dead. For two whole years. The simplest explanation is usually the true one.

[Themumsnot]

I'll buy your second explanation LeQ, but not the first one

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

Right you... OUTSIDE!

[Themumsnot]

You can't fight me, I'm a girl.

[TunipTheVegemal]

[EdithWeston]

The DNA results are going to take ages - presumably as it is hard, though no longer impossible, to process remains so old to produce a useable sample. Once they have got that, it should be fairly straightforward but does indeed rest on an assumption that there is an unbroken matriarchal line in the family (I'm pretty sure it's the female line that they have to look for down the Xs). Any adopted children could invalidate the whole testing hypothesis.

[nipersvest]

i went to bosworth last week with dd's class on a school trip. was a very interesting day out, the guides were good at explaining it all and got the kids to act out the battle.

[MattSmithIsMine]

Are we strictly talking about dead people?

[ALittleScatterOfRain]

Just backing up a little (well, jumping forward in history) to the Queen Regnant bit, am I right in thinking that Anne Boleyn was actually crowned as a Queen Regnant rather than a Queen Consort?

[SorrelForbes]

LaQueen - I read We Speak No Treason at the age of 14 and developed a huge crush on Richard which continues to this day . I really must buy a new copy...

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

Im fairly sure it has been suggested that the bones thought to be the princes be DNA tested, so there must be a match.
Can men and women pass on matenal DNA, or is it just mother to daughter?
There is a constant familial link through to present day. If its either sex, then surely the DNA could be tested?

[LineRunner]

This is about Harry, right?

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

??? @ Linerunner?

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

Isnt dentine a good source of DNA in very old bones?

[LineRunner]

[seeker]

Whatever gave you that idea, liner runner?

[Vagaceratops]

You should all go to Bosworth - its brilliant :o