Overview
- An international team led by geneticist Turi King built a genome from a blood‑stained sofa cloth taken from the Führerbunker in 1945 and validated the source by matching Y‑chromosome markers to a known male‑line relative.
- The profile indicates a high likelihood of Kallmann syndrome, aligning with a 1923 record of an undescended testicle and implying about a one‑in‑ten chance of a micropenis.
- Polygenic risk scores placed Hitler in the top one percent for predisposition to autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, with an elevated ADHD risk, though researchers stress these are probabilistic signals rather than diagnoses.
- Ancestry analysis shows Austrian–German lineage, undermining long‑standing rumors that Hitler had Jewish ancestry.
- The findings are presented in Channel 4’s two‑part documentary Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator airing Saturday in the UK, with contributors emphasizing ethical limits and warning against stigmatizing people with similar conditions.