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New documentary claims Hitler’s wife Eva Braun may have been of Jewish descent

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07-04-2014 | 11:05

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New documentary claims Hitler’s wife Eva Braun may have been of Jewish descent

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A new documentary claims that the wife of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun may have been of Jewish ancestry, according to DNA tests carried out on Braun’s hair samples.

In the documentary, which is set to be screened by Britain's independent Channel 4 on Wednesday, scientists commissioned by the Dead Famous DNA program tested hair said to have come from a brush used by Braun and found at Hitler's Bavarian residence by US army intelligence officer Paul Baer.

In the details, the scientists found in the DNA from the hair a sequence passed down through the maternal line - haplogroup N1b1 - which was "strongly associated" with Ashkenazi Jews.

Ashkenazi Jews dispersed into central and Eastern Europe in the early middle Ages, and some converted to Catholicism in Germany in the 19th century.

"This is a thought-provoking outcome - I never dreamt that I would find such a potentially extraordinary and profound result," presenter Mark Evans said.

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