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So glad to see more genomic research around cannabis. I have a jar full of seeds from my late grandfather. He said it was from the same hemp that the Constitution was written on. Doubt the truth behind that but it’d be really cool if one day I could have it analyzed and compared for relatively cheap.

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It is a common urban legend that the constitution was written on hemp, but not true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Constitution_hemp_paper_h...

Right. Which is why I don't fully believe my late grandfather. However, it would be nice to know if the strain I have has a direct lineage of the hemp grown during the Colony days.

The paper mentions that the Colonies first started growing European hemp varieties but by the mid 1800s had largely switched to (more recently) Chinese origin hemp varieties. I hope your grandfather's seeds are original Colony day seeds and you get to find out some day for a low cost but based on this paper, chances are that it isn't :(.

I heard the original one was rolled and smoked, so they had to start again. Hence the current constitution.

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