Historians Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato spent a decade piecing together the family tree of Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
Although Leonardo had no children himself, he did have 22 half-brothers. Vezzosi and Sabato managed to trace cross 690 years and 21 generations to find 14 living relatives of the Renaissance legend. They include farmers, office workers, an upholsterer, porcelain seller and an artist.
From the Daily Mail:
Below the 15th generation of the family, the researchers have collected data on more than 225 different individuals making up the da Vinci family tree.
Dr Sabato said the elderly are retired, the youngest are employed and one of those they found is currently working as a freelancer.
None of the living descendants live in Vinci, the Tuscan town where Leonardo came from, but do reside in various Tuscan municipalities - from Montelupo Fiorentino to Lastra a Signa and Versilia.
The family is now known as Vinci - having dropped the 'da', with 85-year-old Paulo Vinci describing the news as a surprise and a 'source of great pride'.
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