Known as the “father of the American Cavalry,” Casimir Pulaski was a Polish American revolutionary war hero. In the last 20 years, a new mystery around his identity has unraveled. According to updated DNA evidence, Pulaski was most likely intersex. Marco Werman talks about it with Georgia Southern University anthropology professor Dr. Virginia Hutton Estabrook.
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