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Long-hidden family scandal in Jamestown colony revealed 400 years later by ancient DNA

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DNA analysis of two skeletons from unmarked graves in Jamestown , Virginia , has uncovered a long-hidden scandal in the family of the colony’s first governor.

Captain William West was illegitimate, born to the spinster aunt of the governor, Elizabeth .

He was raised as part of the high-status West family in England , but details of his scandalous birth were deliberately stricken from genealogical records.

The findings demonstrate how genetic data can help bring to light narratives that were forbidden or shameful in the past, an anthropologist says.

Study confirms that Captain West , Governor Thomas West and Ferdinando Wenman were cousins.

The discovery adds another layer to the story of Jamestown , the oldest English settlement in North America .

Study coauthor: “The fact that we can reveal those secrets more than 400 years later is an incredible feat of the historical and scientific community.”.

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