[SkyPilot]

Robert “King David” Ross commissioned this portrait showing him and King Tut, whose museum exhibit first triggered Ross’s passion for all things Egypt.

I took a Masters level "Black Studies" class. We spend fully 70% of the time going over the crack pot propaganda that the ancient Egyptians were really black people, who literally invented everything: furniture, clothes, bandages, metallurgy, astronomy, mathematics, jewelry....you name it.

We watched all 2 1/2 hours of this propaganda film called "Out of Darkness" by someone who calls himself ∆+, which he says is also "translated" as Amadeuz Christ.

Here is a trailer of the film: Out of Darkness: A Film by ∆+ (Official Trailer #2)

About an hour of the film is this "Egyptians Were Black" cult theory.

People can dismiss this "We Wuz Kangz" stuff as comical (and in many ways it is), however, I will tell you that those who peddle and believe this nonsense are DEAD SERIOUS about it. Any disagreement with their crack pot theories are vehemently and aggressively challenged.

Most serious scholars will tell you that the ancient Egyptians were genetically much closer to Armenians or other peoples from southern Europe.

Ramses II, who this wack job thinks he is related to, had red hair.

Fair warning: if you ever find yourself in a debate with the adherents of the "Egyptians Were Black!" crowd, steel yourself. Then end of that film I mentioned actually says that black people are gods, and that once the white people are destroyed the "gods" will take over humanity.

[Tijeras_Slim]

IBTSMP

[euram]

The Egyptians took black Africans as slaves. At one time Nubians, who were black, briefly ruled Egypt.

[Celtic Conservative]

3rd image: Roman grave portraits?

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[Gen.Blather]

And, I’m related to several men who fought in the Civil War. You don’t see me dressing up in...hey, is there a reenactment later this month?

[Fido969]

Black Israelite propaganda is similar, and has taken over many Christian blacks.

[cyclotic]

Does he Walk like an Egyptian?

I’ll bet he was Born in Arizona and moved to Babylonia, funky Tut.

[liberalh8ter]

Since when does 23andMe send out letters detailing lineage? I must have missed my letter because all I got was lousy DNA shares with other users and an estimated ethnicity that changes from time to time.

[Lowell1775]

If true....that being the key phrase....if true, both his “pre-cognition” belief and then the 23&Me confirmation decades later speaks to genetic memory.

Casual observation over my life and my own personal experiences indicate to me that genetic memory is much greater than just the basic drives and instincy

As to race, there has been enough race mixing over the millennium that his Pharaoh DNA may have come from the Berber or Portuguese slave trader that raped his great great great great grandmother OR the slave master doing likewise....but, he claims “he knew” before “he knew”.

American blacks are on average only 72% or so, well, er black.

[Libloather]

No reparations for him. Come to think of it, he may owe me.

[Sooth2222]

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

Also mathematically, everyone with a speck of Spanish blood is a descendant of Muhammad. (Spain was Islamic for more than 700 years.)

Of course he's related to Ramesses III.

Ramesses III lived over 3000 years ago.

Not sure that this is a bigger deal than my relationship to Charlemagne and Muhammad. I'm not going to start walking around wearing a crown or carrying a scimitar in any case.

[PIF]

There was a study or some lawsuit that said the DNA results from various commercial entities like Ancestry et al are mostly fake, completely wrong, or misleading.

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.

“Ramesses lived to be ninety-six years old, had over 200 wives and concubines, ninety-six sons and sixty daughters, most of whom he outlived.” https://www.ancient.eu/Ramesses_II/

In any case, Ramesses II was Pharaoh during the Egyptian New Kingdom. All the glory and knowledge of the Egyptian Old Kingdom had been long forgotten for a 1,000 years - in other words, they could not build the Pyramids at Giza or any of the other amazing artifacts. Mostly Ramesses when around fighting various battles with his enemies. His only noteworthy accomplishment was his long life.

[bert]

His G,G,G,G,G,G,G,G,g,G,G,G,granma was a slave concubine to the Pharaoh. Her line, being genetically inferior, was enslaved again and brought to America

[SMGFan]

Sound cooler to be related to King Tut.

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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.