Researchers Seek DNA From Kent Descendants to Prove Bones Belong to First Briton to Reach Japan
26th April 2019
Carbon dating has already indicated that the bones are from a person who died between 1590 and 1620, while DNA tests have confirmed that the bones are of a Westerner from northern Europe. Japanese researchers are planning to reach out to sources in Britain to try to trace the Adams family line to a surviving descendant in order to compare the DNA.