The great grandson of the legendary lakota sioux chief sitting bull has been confirmed as his closest living relative using an innovative new dna technique applied to hair taken from the native. A living descendant of the famed lakota leader sitting bull has been confirmed using a novel technique for analyzing fragments of the historic figure's dna. scientists were able to trace family.
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. Oct. 29, 2021. for years, ernie lapointe, a writer and vietnam veteran, claimed that he was the great grandson of sitting bull, the hunkpapa lakota leader famous for resisting the federal. Updated: 11:11 pm edt october 28, 2021. washington — the great grandson and closest living descendant of legendary lakota sioux chief sitting bull has been identified thanks to a new dna. 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.
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