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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- John Sotos has a theory about why Abraham Lincoln was so tall, why he appeared to have lumps on his lips and even why he had gastrointestinal problems.
The 16th president, he contends, had a rare genetic disorder - one that would likely have left him dead of cancer within a year had he not been assassinated.
News from The Associated Press (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LINCOLNS_DNA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT &CTIME=2009-04-18-09-45-20 - broken link)