It appears that there is more to the late King of England, Richard III than just being known as one of the of the most hated kings in the 15th century. Genetic analysts are now questioning if he was the rightful heir to the throne and if his descendants had real rights in the monarchy.

All these details are being scrutinized when his body was found in a parking lot in Leicester about three years ago.

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Experts in genetics have confirmed that it was indeed Richard III's bones that were unearthed. It is not just his skeletons that are now being discovered, but even the rights of the Tudor to the throne along with their descendants. 

According to a paper published by Dr. Turi King and her colleagues in Leicester University, the late king was not even supposed to be the ruler after all. This is because he might just be the child of the mistress of the former heir to the throne. It is still being tracked down as to who his real parents are.

Richard III had a terrible reputation. He was the last English King to fall in battle, his body dumped ignominiously in an unmarked grave. Shakespeare painted him as a hunchbacked villain. History remembers him as the presumed murderer of the two young princes, his nephews, whom he was supposed to be protecting.

Their current investigation says that the DNA found on his mother's side matched some of his still living descendants, while the genes found on his father's side do not match anyone at all.

Meanwhile, the number of proofs connected to the skeletons and DNA of Richard III made scientists and genetic experts think that infidelity is the root of all these dubiousness about his bloodline's right to the throne.

However, for those wondering if this has any effect on Queen Elizabeth II's crown, the answer is it doesn't. Her coronation and heritage were based on the Act of Settlement 1701.

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