Boris Johnson descendant of mummified Swiss woman

Basel Jan 25 (IANS) Scientists in the Swiss city of Basel have identified a mysterious mummified body after more than 40 years and discovered that the woman was a relative of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

The corpse was identified as Anna Catharina Bischoff who died in 1787. The woman is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother of Johnson researchers said.

Her body was first uncovered in 1975 while Basel s Barfüsser church was being renovated. It was well preserved because of a high level of mercury in the remains the Guardian reported on Thursday.

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