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Medici family mystery may be solved after more than 400 years

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According to Hacker News, DNA analysis may have solved a long-standing mystery about the Medici family, the Renaissance banking dynasty of Florence. The research appears to address a question that has puzzled historians for over four hundred years.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/15/science/medici-family-myst...

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