The Y-Chromosome STRs Profile of Louis XVII (1785-1795?)

Abstract

We have studied by SEM-EDX some hairs from a lock of hair of the King of France Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette 's children. Among these hairs, the blond hair number three is covered with skin-cells and dandruffs. The mtDNA haplogroup of dandruffs of this hair is that of Marie-Antoinette ; the Y-STRs profile of this hair is that of Louis XVI, previously known. Consequently this hair is one of Louis XVII, one of Louis XVI's son.

Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup of the Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793)

“…These mutations, and the corresponding mt-DNA haplogroup, are the same as those previously found for two independent sets of authentic hairs of Louis XVII (Lucotte et al , 2015 ;Lucotte et al , 2019), initially found (Jehaes et al , 2001) in some present day living related to Marie-Antoinette.…”