Bishop Peder Winstrup died in 1679, and is one of the most well-preserved human bodies from the 1600s. Researchers may now have solved the mystery of why a fetus was hidden in his coffin in Lund Cathedral. DNA from the bishop and the fetus, along with kinship analyses, has shown that the child was probably the bishop's own grandson.
from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210407115813.htm
from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210407115813.htm
Fetus in bishop's coffin was probably his grandson
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