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[kevin wooldridge]

I am not sure that the current religious persuasion of the church is a problem. The Church of England has a history dating back unbroken to the 6th century. Leicester Cathedral was when founded a Church of England building practising the Latin rite, and remains a Church of England building, albeit using the Book of Common Prayer to determine its liturgy...

.....but you are right to state some concern with the DNA test. I think what I would like to have seen is a random control sample, a sample from a claimed but unproven descendant, a sample from a member of one the European royal families and the sample from the carpenter from London. At least then the DNA-ist would have been able to say something about the 'uniqueness' of the genetic connection or otherwise. My rough estimate based on an unbroken genetic progression is that there ought to be at least 18,000 living descendants of Elizabeth of York. Seems a shame that the programme didn't suggest how common the bloodline was....

....not that it makes any difference to those of a 'religious' conviction. I have seen religious relics that suggest St Nicholas may have had at least 3 skulls, and enough fragments of the true cross to fill the New Forest etc etc. If believers believe, they will believe that the remains are Richard III...