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There's a similar story about a modern relative of Cheddar Man, this one going back 10000 years. Even more incredibly, the modern relative lives just down the road from where the ancient ancestor was found.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-family-link-that-reac...

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Reading the article, it seems a little crazy. They extracted the DNA, then tested... 20 people locally, and found a match???

It either means there are lots and lots of descendants, a bit like with Genghis Khan, or it's a fluke of galactic proportions.

Still, cool story!

That man is a direct descendant. The man in the article is not.

That man 'CAN' be a dirct descendant, the man in the article 'CAN' also be a direct descendant but you can not say it definitely. If your mother has children with another man, her grandchildren in that lineage will have the same maternal lineage as you, but that does not make them your descendants.

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