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"My first impression was, 'Oh no, who is it' — imagining it was Adolf Hitler or something like that," said Robinson, 48. "So I was actually pleasantly surprised."
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Yeah, the man who led the army that killed the men and routinely raped the women throughout Asia and Europe is nothing Hitler-like. No. Not all all.
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Research published in the American Journal of Human Genetics in 2003 suggested that 16 to 17 million men, most in Central Asia, shared a form of the Y chromosome that indicates a common ancestor.
Sykes said the obvious candidate is Genghis Khan, who stormed the world with his armies, conquering territory and siring many children. Lacking any tissue samples from the Mongol ruler — whose tomb has never been found — the tests are based on an assessment of probabilities.
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16-17 million men... and it's all just a scientific assumption, not proven enough... Yeah, that's definitely some breaking news.
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Raph's Girl note: I wonder if Tom Robinson is related to me? I have some Khan's on my tree and they're reportadly from Ghengis' line. I need to get those books. I wonder if the Katrina mentioned could be Katherine De Roet? The British royal family is descended from her as is Pres. Bush, John Kerry, and my family. As for Helena...if he means St. Helena then that's my family as well....Ah I love genealogy.  |
Well, "Katrina" and "Helena" are just some ancient exemplary women representing the concrete ethnic groups. They were just dubbed like that by Sykes, "Katrina" and "Helena" might not be the names they actually had.
... weren't you related to Borgias as well? Is there anyone famous you're not related to?