Cervantes Turns up

Interesting. But I agree with gothicangel--only DNA testing can really tell us and it sounds like there aren't any descendants. I wonder how many people were buried at that convent. The idea of bones underneath paved stone churches fascinates me in a Gothic kind of way.

I think it's safe to say that some of teh bones are his. He was buried there, there aren't many graves around his, and they can probably determine which bones are his, and which aren't, given time.

DNA is a wonderful tool, but there's way the hell too much reliance on it now. I think too many have forgotten who to do real research and scientific work without it.

You don't have to be DNA certain to make a judgment that would stand up in any court, or any scientific inquiry.

Jamesaritchie said:

You don't have to be DNA certain to make a judgment that would stand up in any court, or any scientific inquiry.

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You've never been around many archaeologists then?

If they'd have found bones matching the injuries he is known to have suffered (like the severed hand), I think you might have a case without DNA, but otherwise there's absolutely no telling which bones, if any, are his.