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He is also now the lineal heavyweight champion by beating Fury, who beat Wladimir Klitschko to earn that distinction in 2015.

Each tribe determines its own enrollment, but a common requirement is lineal descendancy from someone on the tribal roll.

Such research can rediscover people’s names and families to possibly identify any living lineal descendants, as well as inform repatriation claims made by self-identified descendant communities.

Archival documents they found also mention a wife and child—meaning Voorhees could have unidentified lineal descendants living today who could claim his remains.

Because the remains will be in a mausoleum, they will still be accessible if future research turns up lineal descendants or “a legitimate claim,” Woods says.