Richard's (?) skeleton -- the Canadian angle

This from the Globe and Mail (Toronto, Sat. Sept. 29, 2012):
"At the edge of the dig, surrounded by historians and onlookers costumed in medieval armour, stood the man who holds the key to one of England's great historical puzzles. Michael Ibsen, a 55-year-old Canadian furniture maker who lives in London [Ontario] felt the hairs on his neck stand on end. He had recently given a DNA sample to scientists from the University of Leicester, because he is just one of a handful of people able to help verify the remains. He and his brother and sister are the only known descendants of Richard III's elder sister, Anne, who can be traced down a female branch of the family tree, and thus the only people who would carry the same mitochondrial DNA…"
[Elizabeth Renzetti, Globe and Mail columnist]

I hope people find this interesting. There is much more to this piece, but not being a member of the G&M's paying web users, I copied this much by hand from the paper. A search for the terms (Globe and Mail, Michael Ibsen) may get you the story if you live outside Canada.

Robert Fripp