NBC NEWS DA VINCI DESCENDENTS IDENTIFIED ! by Denice Chow
Excerpt: Vezzosi and Sabato scoured historical documents to identify the living relatives through an unbroken male line from da Vinci's father, Ser Piero, and half brother Domenico. The living descendants range in age from 1 year old to 85 years old....
.... Very basically, this is a traditional research that may lead to genetic and DNA studies based on the Y (male line) chromosome.