For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...

The results verify the continuity of the Da Vinci male lineage back to at least the 15th generation, more than 500 years ...

The Leonardo DNA Project, launched in 2016, aims to recover Leonardo’s Y chromosome and reconstruct his genetic profile. More ...

A study published in the book Genìa Da Vinci revealed that Leonardo da Vinci has at least six living male descendants who ...

In their new book “Genìa Da Vinci. Genealogy and Genetics for Leonardo’s DNA,” published by Angelo Pontecorboli Editore, experts Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato of the Leonardo Da ...

Now, researchers provide a gripping insight into the family of Renaissance-era Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). A new book, to be published on Thursday, traces his relatives ...

Scientists have confirmed Leonardo da Vinci’s bloodline by tracing matching DNA in living male-line descendants.

Leonardo da Vinci was the illegitimate son of a notary and a woman whose identity remains shrouded in mystery. He died in ...

In their new book "Genìa Da Vinci. Genealogy and Genetics for Leonardo's DNA," published by Angelo Pontecorboli Editore, experts Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato of the Leonardo Da Vinci ...

This confirms the genetic continuity of the male line of the da Vinci family, at least since the 15th generation.

Leonardo da Vinci – the artist, scientist, and archetypal polymath of the Renaissance – may still have descendants living ...

He was himself admired as a player of the viola da braccio (an ancestor ... characterisation of Leonardo, we should note his unqualified praise of the “Holy Books”. Paradoxically, the visual ...