John Gregory
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John Gregory was a British sailor who died on the doomed Franklin expedition, in 1847.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;
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Gregory's remains were the first to be positively tied to those of his descendants by DNA analysis, in May 2021.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Bryan Pietsch (2021-05-05). "His Ship Vanished in the Arctic 176 Years Ago. DNA Has Offered a Clue.". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/science/hms-erebus-sailor.html. Retrieved 2021-05-08. "But recently, Gregory’s DNA and a sample from a descendant born in 1982 were matched, making him the first explorer from the trip whose remains have been positively identified through DNA and genealogical analyses — a process similar to that used in recent years to identify murder suspects and victims in cold cases."
- ↑ Yasemin Saplakoglu (2021-05-07). "First remains from doomed 19th-century Arctic expedition identified". Live Science magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507070234/https://www.livescience.com/franklin-expedition-dna-analysis-member-identified.html. Retrieved 2021-05-08. "The identification makes explorer Gregory's story clearer than all of the others: He survived for three years on the ice-locked ship and died about 47 miles (75 kilometers) south at Erebus Bay while trying to escape."
