Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art — and scientists think they've managed to extract some

Black and white portrait of Leonardo da Vinci. He has long white hair and a long white beard. He is wearing a black hat.

Scientists say they may have extracted Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing for the very first time.

The trace DNA, embedded in a red chalk sketch called the "Holy Child" that some claim was made by da Vinci, shows similarities with genetic material recovered from a letter penned in the 1400s by Frosino di ser Giovanni da Vinci, a cousin of Leonardo da Vinci's grandfather, Antonio da Vinci.