Originally posted by Henry Flowers
I would fully expect Eddowes' mtDNA to be on the shawl after years of people, including her descendants, handling it. As for Kozminski's DNA, he doesn't have that either. In fact, I haven't read the name of the man who donated what is supposed to being Koz's DNA. Did I miss it? Who is he? And can he prove he's Koz's descendant? Another grave to dig up.
And this shawl has not been believed to have been connected to the Eddowes murder for 125 years. That's another mistake. I couldn't tell you when the first recorded mention of it was as being Eddowes' shawl, but I believe it was during my life time.
Yours truly,
Tom Wescott
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