Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)

CHAPTER SEVEN – Genetic investigations

CHAPTER SEVEN

ERZSÉBET CSERNÁK, SUSANNE

HUMMEL,

JUDIT OLASZ,

VERENA

SEIDENBERG,

ZOLTÁN SZENTIRMAY

(WITH CONTRIBUTION BY BÉLA

MELEGH)

GENETIC INVESTIGATIONS

1. Taking samples from the bones held in the Matthias Church for genetic studies

In the church, dressed in sterile surgical attire, wearing a surgical mask and rubber gloves, Prof Dr Miklós

Kásler handles

the bones wrapped in white textile after the opening of the glass containers (Figure 4/C). He did not unwrap the textile, and the royal couples skeletons were placed back in the glass containers after having been checked by touch. After that, the glass containers were placed into special delivery packages made of paper for this exact purpose and transported them to one of the NIO s sterile operating rooms, where samples were taken. The skeletons from the crypt were left in their original caskets and transported to the NIO sealed with tape.

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