Joe, this is the part of your post I don't believe...I don't have any comments about the rest...
If this guy really has DNA proof (I don't know how, but then again I am not a geneticist), then I betcha a dollar to a donut, Paul Bosland would like to see it...
I am wondering if this guy has read much history on peppers...Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817), a Dutchbotanist, erroneously named the species in 1776, because he believed that they originated in China...I know you can't always trust Wiki, but I do on this one....