The Merovingian Bestseller

I've always been interested in anthropology, archaeology, and genetics. I enjoy sifting through the articles written by Dienekes and Razib Khan. They take important research and boil it down to a few statements that are more easily digested by hobbyists like me.

I've been reading about a group of scientists who did a genetic study of nine sarcophagi excavated from the Merovingian necropolis in Jau-Dignac et Loirac (7th–8th century AD, Aquitaine, southwest France). These individuals were grouped together, and so imagine the scientists surprise when they recovered five distinct haplogroups: J, H, K, X2 and W from eight of the individuals that rested together. Talk about a family melting pot! From Dienekes:

The presence of perinatal remains in one sarcophagus was particularly striking because access to this type of funerary structure during this period was generally reserved for older children. Moreover, we demonstrated genetically that the perinatal remains were not related maternally to two women found in the same sarcophagus (whereas the maternal relationship between the two young women could be determined), and we proposed different possible explanations for this unexpected observation.

Oh, what a great book could be written as to why these mostly unrelated people were buried together! Who could best write such a book? Colleen McCullough, for a grand sweeping saga? Ken Follet, for a tale woven around Merovingian stonemasons? Elizabeth Kostova for a dark and spooky adventure? If you could select the author, who would you choose?