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Scientists trace 19 living relatives of Otzi the Iceman whose 5,300-year-old body was found frozen in the Alps

Descendants: Scientists have found 19 living relatives of Ötzi the Iceman who was found frozen in the Alps

Scientists in Austria have found 19 living descendants of a prehistoric iceman whose 5,300-year-old body was found frozen in the Alps.

Researchers from the Institute of Legal Medicine at Innsbruck Medical University took DNA samples from blood donors in Tyrol in the west of the country.

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