- Title: DNA tests refute woman's claim to be Salvador Dali's daughter
- Date: 6th September 2017
- Summary: FIGUERAS, SPAIN (FILE - JULY 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FACADE OF DALI THEATRE AND MUSEUM VARIOUS OF FORENSIC DOCTORS ARRIVING AT DALI MUSEUM AND CARRYING A BOX WHERE REMAINS WILL BE PUT DURING THE EXHUMATION FIGUERAS, SPAIN (FILE - JULY 13, 2017) (REUTERS) DALI'S TOMB IN MUSEUM AND PEOPLE WALKING AROUND DALI'S TOMB AND ARTWORK IN MUSEUM DALI'S TOMBSTONE WITH THE FULL NAME OF CATALAN ARTIST, DATE OF BIRTH AND DEATH DATE MADRID, SPAIN (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PILAR ABEL TALKING ON THE PHONE IN HOTEL LOBBY AS SHE WAITS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY MEDIA CLOSE OF ABEL'S EYES
- 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: LVA0016XGMHXJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- 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. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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