After reading how they identified the skeleton of Richard III from DNA from descendants of his nieces , I was wondering if anyone has ever documented how many living descendants there are from Edward IV's daughters , and possibly illegitimate offspring?
Edward IV had at least one illegitimate daughter, Margaret, Lady Lumley, who has thousands of living descendants today, some overlapping with the descendants
of Queen Elizabeth of York, but many others who do not.
The mtDNA line of Queen Elizabeth of York (and so of Queen Elizabeth Woodville) was extinct in 1642 at the death of the 6th Earl of Derby. I don't know for certain if there are any living mtDNA descendants of the sisters of Queen Elizabeth Woodville,but I have a few of their mtDNA descendants in my database as late as the 19th century, so the likelihood is good that there are some living today. You can use the Genealogics database founded by Leo van de Pas to get a better answer:
https://www.genealogics.org/descendtext.php?personID=I00015403&tree=LEO&generations=
On Thursday, 5 May 2022 at 20:57:35 UTC+10, Brad Verity wrote:but I have a few of their mtDNA descendants in my database as late as the 19th century, so the likelihood is good that there are some living today. You can use the Genealogics database founded by Leo van de Pas to get a better answer:
The mtDNA line of Queen Elizabeth of York (and so of Queen Elizabeth Woodville) was extinct in 1642 at the death of the 6th Earl of Derby. I don't know for certain if there are any living mtDNA descendants of the sisters of Queen Elizabeth Woodville,
maternal half-brother (both are possibly still living). The half-sister has living sons and daughters.https://www.genealogics.org/descendtext.php?personID=I00015403&tree=LEO&generations=There is an mtDNA line that has living descendants from Margaret Widville, Countess of Arundel (1454-1490) to Jacqueline Holt-Schooling (1921-2016). Jacqueline has a living daughter and two living grandsons. She also has a maternal half-sister and a
The line was published in The Private Life of Edward IV by John Ashdown-Hill in 2016.
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0hWKDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46
On Monday, 9 May 2022 at 09:04:35 UTC+2, Charlene wrote:Woodville, but I have a few of their mtDNA descendants in my database as late as the 19th century, so the likelihood is good that there are some living today. You can use the Genealogics database founded by Leo van de Pas to get a better answer:
On Thursday, 5 May 2022 at 20:57:35 UTC+10, Brad Verity wrote:
The mtDNA line of Queen Elizabeth of York (and so of Queen Elizabeth Woodville) was extinct in 1642 at the death of the 6th Earl of Derby. I don't know for certain if there are any living mtDNA descendants of the sisters of Queen Elizabeth
maternal half-brother (both are possibly still living). The half-sister has living sons and daughters.https://www.genealogics.org/descendtext.php?personID=I00015403&tree=LEO&generations=There is an mtDNA line that has living descendants from Margaret Widville, Countess of Arundel (1454-1490) to Jacqueline Holt-Schooling (1921-2016). Jacqueline has a living daughter and two living grandsons. She also has a maternal half-sister and a
The line was published in The Private Life of Edward IV by John Ashdown-Hill in 2016.Hi Guys,
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0hWKDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46
In response to the above topic, I don't think it's a rarity to have living descendants from King Edward IV.
I'm a direct descendant from both Elizabeth of York and Catherine of York. Both links came from my grandmother Elder who was an Irish protestant.
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