# Hitler's DNA shows he had an incomplete puberty, may have had a micropenis, and was likely schizophrenic and/or bipolar **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** documentary-bio\ **Created:** [November 13, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822 "2025-11-13T07:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/21 "2025-11-13T17:06:04Z")
People are mostly focusing on the micro peen. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/22 "2025-11-13T17:07:21Z")
Bullies don’t need this article to be bullies, they will figure it out themselves. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/23 "2025-11-13T17:08:41Z")
The best commentary on this from [fark.com](http://fark.com): > Apparently Hitler really did have only one ball, but the song remained incomplete as nobody could find a rhyme for “micropenis” (Yes I’m “still reads [fark.com](http://fark.com) years old” 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/24 "2025-11-13T17:14:35Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > The best commentary on this from [fark.com](http://fark.com): > > > Apparently Hitler really did have only one ball, but the song remained incomplete as nobody could find a rhyme for “micropenis” “Stable genius”? –runs away before the boos and rotten fruit– ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/25 "2025-11-13T17:20:35Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Apparently Hitler really did have only one ball, but the song remained incomplete as nobody could find a rhyme for “micropenis” There was that episode of Dirty Jobs: Mike Rowe see piss. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/26 "2025-11-13T17:29:54Z")
Wonder what “a perfect Y-chromosome match” means in the context of verifying the 80-year-old bloodstain actually revealed Hitler’s DNA. And did no one else ever, um, use the couch and leave their DNA?\* \*this is _not_ a reference in any way to J.D. Vance. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/27 "2025-11-13T17:38:09Z")
> [@fischersd](#): > > Hmm….now we need someone to get their hands on Trump’s DNA to look for the markers. 🙂 His DNA is all over the place–I mean _recent_ DNA samples. Between the sweating and the drooling, it shouldn’t be hard to come up with. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/28 "2025-11-13T17:44:00Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Himmler had something similar, so I heard. Thank you. When I read the thread title I couldn’t help but think of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/29 "2025-11-13T21:55:54Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*this is _not_ a reference in any way to J.D. Vance. It is now. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/30 "2025-11-13T22:13:01Z")
You Win the internet today! ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/31 "2025-11-13T22:14:55Z")
I found it interesting that conducting the analysis was considered controversial, and that some labs refused to participate. Was this, as implied, a privacy concern? I guess I don’t understand how an opportunity to analyze Hitler’s DNA could be anything other than a scientific, cultural must. The chance to provide some possible insight into arguably the most evil, world-changing individual ever? Um, yeah. I also think the concern over stigmatizing those with similar conditions is overblown. I just read the article and I’ve already forgotten the name of the medical condition(s). ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/32 "2025-11-13T22:28:12Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > this is _not_ a reference in any way to J.D. Vance This is this least Nazi story to involve JD Vance this week 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/33 "2025-11-14T00:48:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Apparently Hitler really did have only one ball, but the song remained incomplete as nobody could find a rhyme for “micropenis” The word from 2015 / 1923 is “cryptorchidism”, not monorchism. Crypto is a medical prefix indicating “hidden, obscure; without apparent cause”, and although it _can_ mean “completely hidden” (undescended), undescended testicles in adults are more typically “not completely descended” or “not properly descended”, as in “sometimes goes back up”, or “a bit tighter than the other one”. One cause is just a short cord, which isn’t long enough to let the testicle drop to the bottom of the scrotum. Historically, the idea that Hitler had only one ball appears quite late as a political insult, and then later as a complete fabrication. On the evidence, it is unlikely that he had only one ball, or even a permanently and completely undescended testicle, and the 2015/1923 report doesn’t support that claim. FWIW, cyrptorchisdism is associated with low and unusual hormone levels, both as a cause and as an effect, and with poor sperm counts. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/34 "2025-11-14T01:09:26Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > The word from 2015 / 1923 is “cryptorchidism”, That’s even harder to rhyme with than micropenis! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/35 "2025-11-14T01:22:51Z")
How about > cryptorchidism, Shryptorchidism. > Don’t blame his 'nads. Twas just a wacko jerkwad. Not real catchy but I bet somebody can put it to music. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/36 "2025-11-14T01:27:15Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Curious it didn’t get snagged by some Soviet soldier or officer long before the Americans arrived on the scene. They were too busy snagging chunks of his skull. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/37 "2025-11-14T13:57:25Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > The word from 2015 / 1923 is “cryptorchidism”, not monorchism. Crypto is a medical prefix indicating “hidden, obscure; without apparent cause”, and although it _can_ mean “completely hidden” (undescended), undescended testicles in adults are more typically “not completely descended” or “not properly descended”, as in “sometimes goes back up”, or “a bit tighter than the other one”. One cause is just a short cord, which isn’t long enough to let the testicle drop to the bottom of the scrotum. reminds me of a cherished time in my life, where I was selling testicles … (yep, I went to a collective 19 years of schooling for that career) I kid you not, just like breast implants, there are testicle-implants for those who lack ‘em … Contrary to one’s gut feeling, the smallest ones (they come in sizes) were the ones that sold best … turns out they were mostly bought by vets (vet as in animal-doctor, not former soldier 😉 ) … to be implanted in dogs … but now … back to Hitler Here is a quite interesting psychological analysis of Hitler the Office of Strategic Services commissioned in 1942 (?) (link will download the 176 page study as pdf) [https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02646R000600240001-5.pdf](https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02646R000600240001-5.pdf) > **** > > This text will be hidden ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/38 "2025-11-14T14:58:43Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > That’s even harder to rhyme with than micropenis! But only because we can’t figure out how to pronounce it! ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/39 "2025-11-14T15:02:22Z")
It’s quite comforting to blame a nation’s sins on one man. Better yet, on a medical condition. Take note, Americans; we too can be absolved of all of our sins with just a simple autopsy or psychological diagnosis. (Sarcasm, in case anybody failed to detect it) ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822/40 "2025-11-14T15:12:48Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Take note, Americans; we too can be absolved of all of our sins with just a simple autopsy or psychological diagnosis. You’re talking about Washington’s wooden teeth, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitlers-dna-shows-he-had-an-incomplete-puberty-may-have-had-a-micropenis-and-was-likely-schizophrenic-and-or-bipolar/1024822.md?page=3)