DNA Testing Creates Criticisms In Da Vinci Code
Da Vinci Code is just purely well-known fiction story that had transcended distorted historical facts about Christianity and of course - DNA testing in searching roots of ancestors. From the excerpts of an article review about the Hollywood blockbuster movie Da Vinci Code by Intuitor:
“On the other hand, proving the wife and offspring theory would require more than a stone sarcophagus and 2000 year old remains. Mary Magdalene’s mitochondrial DNA could be passed pretty much intact through an unbroken chain of female offspring…”
Here it continues…
“But, even if mitochondrial DNA testing showed the living descendant was related to the remains and carbon 14 dating indicated that the remains were indeed about 2000 years old, such data would not prove that the remains were those of Mary Magdalene or that she had married Jesus and borne his child.”
“It’s not like Mary Magdalene left us her dental records, marriage license, or honeymoon photos.”
There are some problems identifying female decedent via DNA Testing:
“Even if Jesus had left a DNA sample, only 50% of an offspring’s nuclear DNA comes from a given parent.
After 2000 years, a female decedent’s DNA would likely bear little, if any, resemblance.
When all the scientific tests were complete and results presented, believers would continue believing and doubters continue doubting.”
About the real “Da Vinci Code”, recently there was a discovery of Da Vinci’s DNA fingerprinting that could provide more detail about the artist’s life, ethnicity - including his mother’s origin.
This would unlock the secrets of his intellectuality and promising contact with the genius.
