Richard III and DNA testing

[Redroger]

Does the fact that there are portraits of Richard help or hinder the production of a cast of his features. By the way, today's Guardian has a feature that the firm assessing disability clients for the government (ATOS) have certified him as fit for work!!

[chinakay]

Well, he does look healthy enough

The portraits of him aren't contemporary, so they are suspect. They might do for hair colour, but I think they tried to avoid preconceptions from any portraiture.

[silvery]

Someone used to reconstruct the faces on a programme called 'Meet the Ancestors' on in the late 1990s. 
I used to love it.  It was only half an hour long, could have done with more.  Must have missed loads of them with working though. 

[smudwhisk]

Someone used to reconstruct the faces on a programme called 'Meet the Ancestors' on in the late 1990s. 
I used to love it.  It was only half an hour long, could have done with more.  Must have missed loads of them with working though.

Same person who did the Richard III reconstruction.

[jess5athome]

Hi, she`s called Professor Caroline Wilkinson, she is also on a programme called "History Cold Case"
jess5athome

[mlrfn448]

I have read some of this thread, so apologies if this has been covered before.

However, what interested me is the different disciplines that came together.
e.g. archaeology - the actual dig; history - checking contemporary records; science - dna and many other tests; genealogy - checking the pedigree and line of descent to check the dna.

regards

[derekwg]

Did you know Dickie was a Brummie.

[chinakay]

Derek! This makes your 33rd post....and Richard was 33 when he died....is that spooky, or what?

 

[Erato]

"and Richard was 33 when he died"

Not just Richard, either.