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Subject: Re: [DNA] Ancestor DNA testing
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:51:11 EST
You would need permission of a Judge in that jurisdiction but since you won't
have the proof that you are the only legal heir the judge should not grant
your request ,in my humble opinion. The grave of a man that claimed in life
to be Jesse James was opened in Texas last year
(My oldest daughter lives in Granbury TX)
http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/JamesJesseExhumationOrder.htm
http://www.virtualtexan.com/news/doc/1047/1:VIRTEX4/1:VIRTEX40707100.html
Without a court exhumation order one could be guilty of the crime of
desecration of the dead
But before you go core sampling "grandpa" you may wish to consider that any
opening of a grave, even a very small hole could introduce air or water to
the remains that might cause growth of fungus etc that would contaminate the
corpse.
It may be possible in the future to create a holographic picture of an
individual if you have his DNA .This won't happen for many years but you
could ruin the DNA by disturbing the remains now.
I consider it unethical and disrespectful unless you are trying to solve a
crime or clear someones good name. Like cheating at Solitare - what's the
point?
You will notice that President Jeffersons grave was never opened despite a
very heated controversy about his descendants.
Even if the Y DNA matched ,that alone, wouldn't be proof positive of
descent since the person could be a brother, cousin or more distant relative
of your ancestor.
Try and find a documented living relative of this mans family (brothers
,uncles etc) that has the same last name and do two tests. ~Paula~
In a message dated 01/12/2001 9:02:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
> My question is this: Is there a legal method of obtaining a Y-chromosome
>
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