“Adolf Hitler likely had micropenis, Kallman syndrome, DNA study finds.” That’s the headline of a news article this week. It reports that
A new DNA analysis based on a blood-stained cloth taken from the sofa on which Adolf Hitler killed himself in Berlin in May 1945 suggests he suffered from a genetic disorder affecting sexual development, according to researchers featured in a forthcoming Channel 4 documentary…The study is based on a fabric sample cut in May 1945 by Col. Roswell P. Rosengren, a US Army press officer, from the sofa in the Führerbunker. Nearly 80 years later, scientists say they authenticated Hitler’s DNA by comparing it to the Y chromosome of a living relative, which they argue enabled them to conduct a broader genetic analysis on the material….the main finding is that Hitler likely had Kallmann syndrome, a genetic condition that disrupts normal sexual development. This, the researchers say, is consistent with a 1923 medical examination revealed in 2015, which suggested that Hitler had an undescended testicle.
Researchers say the syndrome could have altered his testosterone levels, and increased the likelihood of Hitler having a micropenis.
Alex J. Kay, a historian at the University of Potsdam and an expert on Nazi Germany, says that Hitler having micropenis and sexual abnormalities could explain his “almost total devotion to politics with an almost complete absence of private life.”
The news article adds that “The DNA analysis, the researchers claim, also refutes a long-standing rumor that Hitler had a Jewish grandfather, a charge recently repeated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Instead, they say the genetic evidence points to Austrian-German origins.”
