[steevytraunse]

I'm not sure what category to post this under, so I just chose one. If it's in the wrong place, I apologize.

I recently watched a documentary where the filmmakers were given the opportunity to run tests on the Sudarium of Oviedo. For those unfamiliar with this relic, it was the cloth used to cover Christ's face when he was lowered from his cross. The Sudarium is drenched in blood and testing has shown it bears puncture marks from the crown of thorns as well.

The Catholic church allowed the filmmakers to also take a sample of the blood to a laboratory for DNA testing. The blood came back as A+, which is common to the Mediterranean, but the truly miraculous finding is there is no paternal DNA. The scientists were at a loss to explain how this is possible.

I've mentioned this finding to atheists because I wanted to see their reactions, but they merely laughed in my face and claim the findings are obviously falsified.

So, I wonder what you, the Orthodox community thinks of these findings?