25-01-2026, 05:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-01-2026, 05:12 PM by Mark Knowles.)
The subject of Genetic Genealogy through family tree reconstruction continues to develop since it was first used to identify individuals based on DNA comparison with distant relatives. There are increasing numbers of cold cases where it has been used to identify criminals.
The sequencing of DNA from smaller, more fragmented and degraded samples continues to become faster and cheaper. I suspect that sequencing DNA from mixed or contaminated samples is improving.
DNA sequencing is increasingly used on historical samples.
What we can tell about an individual from their DNA is increasing.
If these technologies continue to advance then I don't see identifying the author from DNA being implausible. Remember how much this technology has advanced in recent decades.
And obviously if we knew who wrote the manuscript it would tell us so much about it and as with the carbon dating focus Voynich research more narrowly in terms of region etc.
The sequencing of DNA from smaller, more fragmented and degraded samples continues to become faster and cheaper. I suspect that sequencing DNA from mixed or contaminated samples is improving.
DNA sequencing is increasingly used on historical samples.
What we can tell about an individual from their DNA is increasing.
If these technologies continue to advance then I don't see identifying the author from DNA being implausible. Remember how much this technology has advanced in recent decades.
And obviously if we knew who wrote the manuscript it would tell us so much about it and as with the carbon dating focus Voynich research more narrowly in terms of region etc.