On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 2:51:02 PM UTC-7, taf wrote: > On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 12:31:05 PM UTC-7, Michael OHearn via wrote: > > > In view of past discussion regard Plantagenet Richard's Y-DNA not matching > > that of alleged Beaufort Somerset cousins, is the legitimacy question of > > John of Gaunt still an issue? If the DNA discrepancy arose from the > > circumstances of John's illegitimate parentage, then we could assume that > > both Trump and Clinton are of bastardized descent. > > There never was a legitimacy question regarding John of Gaunt, at least > not related to the Richard III DNA result. I tracked this down at the > time. I forgot to comment on the last bit - given that William the Conqueror was not born to married parents, any descendant of the post-conquest royals would derive from an out-of-wedlock birth. taf