Galápagos experts find a tortoise related to Lonesome George

Thirty tortoises partially descended from extinct species found, including one of same species as famed individual

Conservationists working around the largest volcano on the Galipagos Islands say they have found 30 giant tortoises partially descended from two extinct species, including that of the famed Lonesome George.

The Galipagos national park and Galipagos Conservancy said one young female had a direct line of descent from the Chelonoidis abingdonii species of Pinta island. The last of those tortoises was Lonesome George, who died in June 2012 and was believed to be more than 100 years old.