DNA tests refute woman's claim to be Salvador Dali's daughter

Record ID: 909260

  • Title: DNA tests refute woman's claim to be Salvador Dali's daughter
  • Date: 6th September 2017
  • Summary: INTERIOR OF EXHIBITION ROOM "WOMAN AT THE WINDOW" PAINTED BY DALI IN 1925 VARIOUS OF "THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY" PAINTED IN 1931 JOURNALIST POSING IN FRONT OF "VISAGE DU GRAND MASTURBATEUR" PAINTED IN 1929 DETAIL OF "VISAGE DU GRAND MASTURBATEUR"
  • Embargoed: 20th September 2017 17:43
  • Keywords: Spain Culture Salvador Dali exhumation daughter Pilar Abel DNA
  • Location: FIGUERAS, MADRID ANDBARCELONA, SPAIN/ PARIS, FRANCE/ NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: FIGUERAS, MADRID ANDBARCELONA, SPAIN/ PARIS, FRANCE/ NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
  • Reuters ID: LVA0056XGMHXJ
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  • Story Text:DNA tests on the exhumed body of Salvador Dali have proved that the Spanish woman who brought a legal case was not the surrealist artist's daughter, according to a statement released on Wednesday (September 6) by Dali's foundation.
    The foundation said the court supervising the tests had informed its lawyers that the woman, Maria Pilar Abel, was not Dali's biological daughter after comparing her DNA with samples taken from Dali's remains.
    A spokesman for the court declined to confirm the results of the DNA tests.
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