DNA Testing Reveals the Putative Identity of JB55, a 19th Century Vampire Buried in Griswold, Connecticut

DNA Testing Reveals the Putative Identity of JB55, a 19th Century Vampire Buried in Griswold, Connecticut

In 1990 in Griswold, Connecticut, archaeologists excavated a burial found in a “skull and crossbones” orientation. The lid of the 19th century coffin had brass tacks that spelled “JB55”, the initials of the person lying there and age at death. JB55 had evidenc...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Daniels-Higginbotham, Erin M. Gorden, Stephanie K. Farmer, Brian Spatola, Franklin Damann, Nicholas Bellantoni, Katie S. Gagnon, Maria de la Puente, Catarina Xavier, Susan Walsh, Walther Parson, Timothy P. McMahon, Charla Marshall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
vampire
surname prediction
ancestry estimation
historical archaeology
Next-Generation Sequencing
DNA identification
SNP
Y-STR
genetic genealogy
tuberculosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/9/636

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