Letter: Virgin grandmother?

Published 13 September 2006

From Eric Kvaalen

How can someone be “descended from Joan of Arc” (19 August, p 35)? Not only was she a virgin, she didn’t have any children either!

La Courneuve, Paris, France

Issue no. 2569 published 16 September 2006

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