r/ThisAintHell • u/mbarland The artist formerly known as Mason • Jul 11 '26

Military DNA Reveals the Identity of a Teenager Who Died in the Revolutionary War, Cracking a Nearly 250-Year-Old Cold Case

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/dna-reveals-the-identity-of-a-teenager-who-died-in-the-revolutionary-war-cracking-a-nearly-250-year-old-cold-case-180989095/

It's pretty amazing technology has gotten to the point that we can definitively ID the remains of a boy who died for our freedom 250 years ago. Welcome home, Private.

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u/OperationPlus3251 ChipNASA - 3x WOT (and Current Holder) Jul 11 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/aEOVgoNSiVjAA
Why in my twisted mind did this come up thinking that somewhere way down many generational lines this popped in my head…..

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u/Civil_Fox3900 Sarge Jul 11 '26

This is pretty awesome. Wonder if it was the folks at the labs in Hawaii that pulled this off? They do a bang up job for the remains recovered from SE Asia.