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The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research

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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 89 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

We have Hitler's DNA?
So I guess there is a nonzero chance that there will be a Hitler-clone someday in the future.
Fits this timeline.

[–] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Tbh a Hitler clone may choose to live a 'normal' life in this timeline.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

l doubt that, considering he would be raised and live with the people who cloned him.
And I raise the hypothesis that "leading a normal life" would not fit the motives of these people.

[–] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 2 points 55 minutes ago

I meant to say, all things equal, Hitler's genes didn't make him do the stuff he did, but rather the environment and opportunity.

If his genes were, say, secretly implanted into a couple's kid by a rogue IVF clinic employee and he got raised as a 'normal' kid, he'd probably not differentiate much. Even if his 'identity' got leaked after 20-30 years, I'd like to believe "Hitler's 2nd coming" would not become a neo-nazi in over 50% of cases. This was the hypothetical playing in my mind. Yours is/was different. Being raised as the natural heir and successor of the great Aryan German Reich would likewise probably work on the holder of any gene sequence.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I would be curious where they got it from. After Hitler killed himself, his and Eva Braun's remains were burned by his adjutant. Some dental remains were found at the spot which matched Hitler's dental records and which are the only confirmed remains of his body. The Soviets claimed to have found more remains that they exhumed and taken away. They also claimed those were later destroyed and all that was kept was a skull and a jawbone. This is more likely false since eyewitnesses to the burning of the body stated that only ashes remained.

Looking at sources it does seem that the skull fragment was found in the Soviet archives in the 90s and early 2000s and was DNA tested against blood collected from the couch were Hitler apparently committed suicide. The skull came back as containing female DNA while the blood contained male DNA.

So the only two sources of potential DNA for Hitler are his teeth remains and the blood collected from that couch but I'm wondering how do they know that the blood was Hitler's and not someone else's? A lot of other people committed suicide around the same time as Hitler or soon after.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Edit: I see, you saw the couch thing. You probably mean that we don't know where it was for those 80 years.

Edit 2:

Work had already been done in this area. In 2008, a Belgian journalist called Jean-Paul Mulders had debunked a story about a potential Hitler descendant. In doing so, Mulders found a relative of Hitler who shared a common paternal ancestor: a straight line of male ancestry meant that their Y chromosome would be identical.

When this sample was compared with the blood from the Rosengren swatch, the match was perfect. With no risk of cross-contamination, it had to be Hitler’s DNA. The 80-year-old sample is as degraded as it should be and this type of Y chromosome is rare, making the chances of a mistake all the more remote.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 21 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Dolly 2.0 will be a a megalomaniac sheep. And she will try to exterminate all the black sheep, I assume.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 9 hours ago

The video game will be as if Jeff Minter made Wolfenstein.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

Research will be financed by Elon Musk...

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 13 points 11 hours ago

https://youtu.be/jPvE8oRei70

Novel and movie, "The Boys From Brazil."

Mengele saved some of Hitler's DNA and made dozens of clones; the boys were distributed to couples all over the world...

[–] RaoulDuke85@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I believe they removed his brain and it mysteriously went missing.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Literally went missing. As opposed to his followers. Their brains went figuratively missing when they started following him and his modern acolytes.

[–] just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You also need epigenome not just genome

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 hours ago

So we would get a Hitler clone with possible deformities and other health issues on top of Kallmann Syndrome?

Great, I am sure that would significantly improve his mood and totally not lead to senseless acts of extreme angry violence against some unfortunate group of scapegoats!