Charleston man who dons pharaoh garb gets DNA results linking him to Ramesses III

The Post and Courier ^ | 23 Mar 19 | Robert Behre

[skimbell]

Ol' Bob's a lucky man.

With that letter, Egyptian headress and $1, he can get a coffee (any size) at McDonalds.

[Deplorable American1776]

Ok...23 and Me said that I’m related to the Vulcans...

[Libloather]

G,G,G,G,G,G,G,G,g,G,G,G,granma

One was a little less grand?

[bert]

Her hieroglyph was chipped

[Wuli]

I do not believe that 23AndMe KNOWS any definite direct ancient lineage with any certain ancient individuals - only DNA groups by region.

I suspect that “King David’s” letter will be proven to be a fraud, and 23AndMe will denounce it as the kind of of detailed lineage they cannot and do not pretend to do.

[Mister Da]

No doubt he is also linked to Liz Warren.

[rawcatslyentist]

And we wuz Kodos!

[Leep]

If he were king tuts son..or even his grand son ..he might get some benefit out of it.
Otherwise, it’s kind of like being the great great grandson of Thomas Elva Edison.
Big whoop ..who cares.

[dljordan]

“I tried 23 & Me™ to find that I am a descendant of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an ancient Irish King. I suspect that so are about half of the people in Ireland. I am not awaiting coronation.”

I was just about to post that. Well, I’d better get my royal arse up and get to the gym.

[VanShuyten]

“At one time Nubians, who were black, briefly ruled Egypt.”

Rameses II hated the Nubians so much that he had one painted on each of the soles of his sandals so that he could tread on them wherever he walked. Egyptians are painted tan and Nubians black.

[Texicanus]

Theennnnn, what you are saying there was a whitey in the woodpile???

Most likely a Jefferson, Washington, or Johnson, Maybe even an Irishman or Scottsman or two.

[SkyPilot]

I did he 23 and Me, and so have family and friends. I have a very small Native American in me, but I don’t pull an Elizabeth Warren. Also, a friend did his and had Ashkenazie Jew. Then he pulled his report a few months later and that category had disappeared.

[SkyPilot]

Correct, the Black Israelites are of the same propaganda cult.

[DesertRhino]

You’re pretty much related to almost everyone who lived 3000 years ago, so there’s that. You’re expanding Family Tree Grows exponentially until several centuries ago it widens to the point of being a number equal to more than everybody living on Earth. Then it follows a narrowing path into archaic times. So yes, he’s probably related to Ramses third, and so is everybody else.

[Drew68]

23andMe is a genius idea.

If the government said, "We want DNA samples from Americans." they'd be met with outrage.

So now we have front organizations that say, "Send us $200 and a swab of your saliva and we'll tell you all the cool people you might be related to!"

Brilliant.

[Drew68]

This guy got scammed - no doubt he had said something previously about being related to an Egyptian pharaoh and they just made his wishful thinking come true.

Oh well....

Let the old man pretend he's a pharaoh if that's what makes him happy in life.

[SkyPilot]

Mathematically, everyone with Northern European roots is a descendant of Charlemagne

Yes, and if one believes the Bible, all of humanity is descended from Noah, and before that Adam.

What is really going on here with he “Ancient Egyptians were black” is cultural appropriation. When the accomplishments of Sub-Sahara Africa was examined, they found no great buildings, no historical written record, no aqueducts, no great ships, no road construction, no great bridges, and on and on. So, they matched on to another civilization.

[Callan]

Seriously, you dress up and claim to be related to an Egyptian king from 3000 years ago!?

[Leep]

More like Burger KING.

[dfwgator]

We Wuz Kangz n Sheeit.