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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2006

Wonder or fake - investigations in the case of the stigmatisation of Therese Neumann von Konnersreuth.

Burkhard Rolf, Birgit Bayer, Katja Anslinger

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Burkhard RolfInstitute of Legal Medicine, Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, Frauenlobstr. 7 a, 80337 Munich, Germany. Burkhard.Rolf@med.uni-muenchen.de
Birgit Bayer
Katja Anslinger

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We investigated two compresses used by Therese Neumann (T.N.), a woman who lived from 1898 until 1962 in Konnersreuth, Germany. The compresses were soaked with blood during the appearance of stigmata on T.N.'s body on a Friday. T.N. became very popular among the faithful in Germany at this time. The question was whether this blood was from T.N. herself or from a family relative or an animal. The comparison of the HV1 and HV2 mtDNA sequence obtained from the compresses with the sequences from a reference sample from a maternally related niece of T.N. revealed an identity. Furthermore, we obtained a short tandem repeat (STR) profile from the bloodstains that were identical with the STR profile from a gummed envelope. The envelope contained a letter written by T.N. in the 1930s. Therefore, our investigations gave no indication for any manipulation.

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BandagesChristianityDNA FingerprintingFamous PersonsBlood StainsComplementarity Determining RegionsDNA, MitochondrialFaith HealingFemaleGermanyHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHumansTandem Repeat SequencesComplementarity Determining RegionsDNA, Mitochondrial

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