The Leonardo DNA Project, launched in 2016, aims to recover Leonardo’s Y chromosome and reconstruct his genetic profile. More ...

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The oldest of the five living heirs, Dalmazio Vinci, 89, has a passion for flight that began with building model aeroplanes, ...

BBC legacy Alan Yentob has passed away, his family announced. The 78-year-old retired broadcaster held several senior roles ...

Tributes have rolled in following the death of BBC arts broadcaster and documentary maker Alan Yentob, who has died at the ...

Leonardo da Vinci was the illegitimate son of a notary and a woman whose identity remains shrouded in mystery. He died in ...

For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...

A study published in the book Genìa Da Vinci revealed that Leonardo da Vinci has at least six living male descendants who ...

Published in a new book, the elaborate family tree goes back to 1331 to Michele, the great-great-great grandfather of the ...

This confirms the genetic continuity of the male line of the da Vinci family, at least since the 15th generation.

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Leonardo da Vinci – the artist, scientist, and archetypal polymath of the Renaissance – may still have descendants living ...