With a 99.8 per cent probability that the descendants and the mummy were all from
the same maternal line, the scientists and historians were confident that the mummy is Anna Catharina Bischoff.
Not exact matches
They found that nine of the individuals shared the
same mitochondrial DNA, meaning they were related through the
maternal line, the team writes today in Nature Communications.
«The fact that all of these individuals are in the
same crypt and have the
same mitochondrial DNA indicates that there's a linkage through the
maternal line,» Kennett says.
The bottom
line is that if you're healthy, you should approach your «advanced
maternal age» pregnancy with the
same optimism that your younger counterparts are expected to enjoy.