Due to my ancestors only having one or two kids, at this point in HISTORY, the genetic line ends with me. You're Welcome, LOL!
Posted on 03/02/2026 11:53:45 AM PST by nickcarraway
With only three women left, the Akuntsu were decimated by a government-backed land grab in the Amazon. Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest. As they advanced in age without a child to carry on the line, many expected the Akuntsu to vanish when the women died.
That changed in December, when Babawru – the youngest of the three, in her 40s – gave birth to a boy. Akyp's arrival brought hope not just for the Akuntsu line but also for efforts to protect the equally fragile rainforest.
“This child is not only a symbol of the resistance of the Akuntsu people, but also a source of hope for Indigenous peoples,” says Joenia Wapichana, president of Brazil's Indigenous protection agency, known as Funai. “He represents how recognition, protection and the management of this land are extremely necessary.”
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I have lots of questions …
Akyp may grow up to have children but their mother could not be a member of that tribe if the surviving women are already in their 40s or older.
That changed in December, when Babawru – the youngest of the three, in her 40s – gave birth to a boy.
So, if the three women were the only surviving members FOR YEARS, how did she get pregnant?
Biden & Co. must have found a race they missed.
Everyone else who died got the COVID vaccine…
That’s a good question.
We all do.
With God all things are possible.
**Virgin birth or turkey baster or maybe secret nooky on the side?**
Bill Clinton.
Who supplied the sperms?
I’m not sure I need to know that bad.
Maybe they meant that they were the only surviving female members of the tribe. Do both parents need to be members for the child to be considered a full-fledged member of the tribe? If not, the newborn boy may some day produce new members of the tribe. If both parents must be members, then the birth doesn’t change anything—the tribe will disappear.
Definition of Indigenous:
1. Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
2. (of people) inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists:
Sounds like there are a lot of non-indigenous people claiming to be indigenous, especially in America.
Due to my ancestors only having one or two kids, at this point in HISTORY, the genetic line ends with me. You're Welcome, LOL!
Maybe they are a lost Jewish tribe so it flows from the women.
C’mon, your namesake was called the “Huntress”. You been goofing off.
Every chance I get! :)
What if it identifies as a...girl or cat or door knob...
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