corpse, and had been submitted for analysis to the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide. Processing the results could reportedly take up to a year. In February 2018, the University of Adelaide team obtained a high definition analysis of the mitochondrial DNA from the hair sample from Somerton Man. They found that he and his mother belonged to haplogroup H4a1a1a, which is possessed by only 1% of Europeans. On 26 July 2022, Abbott announced that he and American genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick had used DNA websites such as Ancestry.com to build a family tree of over 4,000 people. In March 2022, they narrowed this to Melbourne man Carl "Charles" Webb, an electrical engineer and instrument maker, who had no death record. Abbott said that on 23 July, "the final pieces of DNA proof were found to fully identify Webb as the Somerton Man." South Australian Police and Forensic Science South Australia said they had not verified Abbott's findings, and that further comment would be provided "when results from the testing are received." Further reading Who's Who in South Australia, Ed. Suzannah Pearce, Publ: Crown Content Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, 2007, p. 1, References 1960 births Living people Fellow Members of the IEEE People educated at Holland Park School Alumni of Loughborough University University of Adelaide alumni Recipients of the M. A. Sargent Medal