# Bonvillian 2022: DNA leads to ID of Australia's Somerton man, researchers say

> Crystal Bonvillian, 2022. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the police response in 2022.

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# DNA leads to ID of Australia's Somerton man, researchers say

Crystal Bonvillian, 2022. _Cox Media Group National Content Desk (WSB-TV), 2 August 2022_.

Reports the method (hair from the death mask, DNA extracted 2012 and 2018, a family tree leading to a match with a distant relative on 23 July 2022) and quotes South Australia Police as "cautiously optimistic" with the identification to be "ultimately determined by the coroner".

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Source for the police response in 2022.

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[Autosomal DNA from hair in the death mask matched distant cousins on both the paternal and maternal sides of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC21PP74HJ/autosomal-dna-from-hair-in-the-death-mask-matched-distant)

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[The Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)

The mystery article

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[Who was the Somerton Man?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/questions/QST0CVC20FM0WNT/who-was-the-somerton-man)

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Bonvillian, C. (2022). DNA leads to ID of Australia's Somerton man, researchers say. Cox Media Group National Content Desk (WSB-TV), 2 August 2022. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending/dna-leads-id-australias-somerton-man-researchers-say/HUGQRNBPFJEJHDDOWEITFHH2TA/
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