Half or European men are related to Pharoah

[grandpakhalif]

LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 70 percent of British men and half of all Western European men are related to the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, geneticists in Switzerland said.

Scientists at Zurich-based DNA genealogy centre, iGENEA, reconstructed the DNA profile of the boy Pharaoh, who ascended the throne at the age of nine, his father Akhenaten and grandfather Amenhotep III, based on a film that was made for the Discovery Channel.

The results showed that King Tut belonged to a genetic profile group, known as haplogroup R1b1a2, to which more than 50 percent of all men in Western Europe belong, indicating that they share a common ancestor.

Among modern-day Egyptians this haplogroup contingent is below 1 percent, according to iGENEA.

"It was very interesting to discover that he belonged to a genetic group in Europe -- there were many possible groups in Egypt that the DNA could have belonged to," said Roman Scholz, director of the iGENEA Centre.

Around 70 percent of Spanish and 60 percent of French men also belong to the genetic group of the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.

"We think the common ancestor lived in the Caucasus about 9,500 years ago," Scholz told Reuters.

It is estimated that the earliest migration of haplogroup R1b1a2 into Europe began with the spread of agriculture in 7,000 BC, according to iGENEA.

However, the geneticists were not sure how Tutankhamun's paternal lineage came to Egypt from its region of origin.

The centre is now using DNA testing to search for the closest living relatives of "King Tut."

"The offer has only been publicised for three days but we have already seen a lot of interest," Scholz told Reuters.

(Edited by Paul Casciato)
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[globetrotter2]

I am positive that somalis are related to Pharoah.

[BlackVelvet]

Some people believe that satan, people who have called on him and dajaal have a linked bloodline which ties the pharoahs, European aristocracy and American politicians together. The bloodline of evil.

[Basra-]

i have alway said somalis are love child of Cleopatra and a Roman general Mark Anthony.

[tightrope]

I am positive that somalis are related to Pharoah.

[globetrotter2]

Basra,

Mark Anthony? wasn't he the adopted son of Ceaser according to Shakespeare?

Nah, we are from Pharoah and a habashi women who was raped by a bastard (half srilankan and half arab)

[abdisamad3]

Now This is bad news for The black negroes who claim to be related to the pharaos like the african americans and the Somalis,

[globetrotter2]

Abdisamad,
I guess you are not a bright lad in terms of human evolution. Pharoah was an african. He had negroid features

[abdisamad3]

Abdisamad,
I guess you are not a bright lad in terms of human evolution. Pharoah was an african. He had negroid features

your right sxb,,Iam not interested in pharaos history or what they looked like,,,all I know is they where kafirs and may they burn in jahanama,

[globetrotter2]

Abdisamad,
Please leave unto Allah the question of who is burning in hell or paradise. Don't be lured by wahabism's approach of judging people and envoking hell, heaven etc.

Speaking of hell, do you believe in hell on earth?

[DropkickMurphy]

Now This is bad news for The black negroes who claim to be related to the pharaos like the african americans and the Somalis,

well just because they said it does not make it the case. europeans just want to associate themselves with the civilizations of ancient egypt. the negroes are closer to the truth.

[AhmedBoqor]

Now This is bad news for The black negroes who claim to be related to the pharaos like the african americans and the Somalis,

well just because they said it does not make it the case. europeans just want to associate themselves with the civilizations of ancient egypt. the negroes are closer to the truth.

Why does this matter again? Arabs live in Egypt now so who cares, we know they weren't related to Pharoah. Now I don't know how you guys feel, but I wouldn't want to be related to this man, so again why are we associating him to us?

[Advo]

West Africans are actually closer to the Egyptian then whites or east africans

[DropkickMurphy]

Now This is bad news for The black negroes who claim to be related to the pharaos like the african americans and the Somalis,

well just because they said it does not make it the case. europeans just want to associate themselves with the civilizations of ancient egypt. the negroes are closer to the truth.

Why does this matter again? Arabs live in Egypt now so who cares, we know they weren't related to Pharoah. Now I don't know how you guys feel, but I wouldn't want to be related to this man, so again why are we associating him to us?

Who is we?

[abdisamad3]

West Africans are actually closer to the Egyptian then whites or east africans