Overview
- Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator is set to air in the UK on November 15, presenting findings from what producers call the first direct DNA profile built from a bunker bloodstain.
- The team says a blood‑stained sofa swatch taken in 1945 was matched to DNA previously confirmed from a relative, a step used to establish the sample’s authenticity.
- The analysis reports indicators consistent with Kallmann syndrome, which affects sexual development, with a 1923 medical exam noting an undescended testicle cited as supporting historical evidence.
- Researchers say Hitler ranked in the top 1% for polygenic risk scores linked to autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, emphasizing that such scores estimate predisposition and are not diagnostic.
- The ancestry assessment reports Austrian German heritage with no evidence of Jewish ancestry, and featured experts caution against stigmatizing people based on genetic findings.