Editing Paul Francis Lawson (section)

===DNA from the bust===
Some of the man's hairs became embedded in the mould, pulling the hair out with the roots pointing upwards. Then when the plaster was poured into the mould, the roots got embedded into the plaster. To get the paternal DNA (YDNA) of the man, one needs the hair roots.  Pulling hairs out of the plaster does not work, as the roots snap off and remain in the plaster. Unfortunately, one would have to damage the bust by dissolving the plaster in citric acid to safely recover the hair roots. As the bust is now a historical object, it would be preferable to exhume the body. The man's teeth would be a good source of DNA. If the body cannot be accessed (for whatever reason) one possible last resort is to make a duplicate of the bust and use part of the original one. <br /><br />