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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Well, that's just the point. Without having a test sample, from a "known" relative, then DNA analysis is pretty useless...not?
I mean...it could be Jesus. Or...it could just as easily have been some guy named Fred.
All in all, I'll probably watch the documentary. It seems to be up my alley.
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I think the intention of the DNA comparison to compare the DNA of the people found in the tomb to establish a relationship to one another, more than anything else.
As for the BBC special - yes, the issue has been examined before, but obviously this guy has studied it again. To say "Well, something was studied once and X was the result, so we should never study it again" is not a very logical statement. A lot of people studied things, go a negative result, before someone else came along and turned that result on its head.