Mitochondrial DNA extracted from the bones was matched to MichaelIbsen, a Canadian cabinetmaker and direct descendant of Richard III's sister, Anne of York.
Armed with three samples of mitochondrial DNA, Dr. Turi King, the project geneticist, was able to prove that the new descendant Schurer had found was, in fact, related to the known Plantagenet MichaelIbsen.