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To: Jonty30
He would still have to be bizzy at 9 to impregnate enough womman so half of Europe are descended from him.

"Share DNA" does not equal "prodigy of". In any event, he could have had one child and that line could have then been prolific.

Mathmatically, genetic mixing occurs faster and more broadly that you might imagine possible.

29 posted on 08/02/2011 4:33:50 AM PDT by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
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To: SampleMan

Do you mean “progeny” of?


32 posted on 08/02/2011 5:01:32 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: SampleMan
Mathmatically, genetic mixing occurs faster and more broadly that you might imagine possible.

To elaborate on the math (which I'm sure you know but weren't pedantic enough to post), in the 3340 years since Tut got wrapped up for his museum career, with one generation per 20 years, you would expect 167 generations. Assuming two survivors from each generation, and no intermarriage, that gives 2^167 offspring or far more than the 2^33 people in the world. Intermarriage of descendents cuts that number, obviously, but it's no surprise that someone who lived so long ago would have either a huge number of relatives today or none at all. I'd guess even Steve Martin is on the list.

39 posted on 08/02/2011 6:33:54 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: SampleMan

I agree that if he impregnated of enough women so half of Europe is decended from him, Tut would have been a ‘prodigy’ indeed—but his descendants would have been his ‘progeny’.


54 posted on 08/02/2011 11:10:32 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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