Dna confirms south dakota man is great grandson of sitting bull 01:50. a lock of hair from legendary lakota chief sitting bull's head had been stored for over a century in washington's smithsonian. Scientists were able to trace family lineages from ancient dna to verify that 73 year old ernie lapointe of south dakota is sitting bull's great grandson and closest living descendant. the.
Ernie lapointe, great grandson of famed 19th century native american leader sitting bull. other techniques rely on mitochondrial dna, which can only trace the female line, or the y chromosome in. Alamy. ernie lapointe, 73, has been confirmed as sitting bull's great grandson. the new method was developed by scientists led by eske willerslev, director of the lundbeck foundation geogenetics. A man's claim to be the great grandson of sitting bull has been confirmed using dna taken from the native american leader's scalp lock – billed as the first time genetic evidence has corroborated a family relationship between a historic figure and a living descendant. the breakthrough was made possible by a new technique that can yield useful. Dna confirms living descendant of native american warrior chief sitting bull. after 14 grueling years of analysis, a lock of the historic leader's hair reveals the identity of his great grandson.
A man's claim to be the great grandson of sitting bull has been confirmed using dna taken from the native american leader's scalp lock – billed as the first time genetic evidence has corroborated a family relationship between a historic figure and a living descendant. the breakthrough was made possible by a new technique that can yield useful. Dna confirms living descendant of native american warrior chief sitting bull. after 14 grueling years of analysis, a lock of the historic leader's hair reveals the identity of his great grandson. Sitting bull, also known as tatanka iyotanka, was a legendary tribal chief best known for the battle of the little bighorn in 1876 where he led 1,500 lakota warriors to victory over u.s. army gen. A south dakota man has been proven to be the rightful descendant of legendary lakota warrior leader sitting bull, thanks to a new dna testing method and 14 long years of research. ernie lapointe.
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