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The Royal We
The Atlantic Monthly ^ | May '02 | Steve Olson

Posted on 07/20/2002 11:02:11 PM PDT by yianni

An article published in the May'02 issue of The Atlantic Monthly contends that persons of European extraction are descended from Mohammed.

The teaser reads: The mathematical study of genealogy indicates that everyone in the world is descended from Nefertiti and Confucius, and everyone of European ancestry is descended from Muhammad and Charlemagne

The URL is http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/05/olson.htm


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: freepers; genealogy; islam; mohammed
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Salaam, Freepers
1 posted on 07/20/2002 11:02:12 PM PDT by yianni
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To: yianni
Half of my lineage descends from the original followers of Moses who brought law and religion from the cradle of civilization.

The other half descends from Pictish wildmen who painted their naked bodies with blue mud and lived in trees.

I'm proud of both of elements.

2 posted on 07/20/2002 11:06:42 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: yianni
All of them, except for the one decended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
3 posted on 07/20/2002 11:07:14 PM PDT by Nachum
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4 posted on 07/20/2002 11:08:03 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: yianni
Yes, and we're all black too according to the DNA 'experts'
5 posted on 07/20/2002 11:10:05 PM PDT by rockfish59
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To: yianni
Duh - of course Man descended from a beast.
6 posted on 07/20/2002 11:10:45 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: yianni
Everyone pretty much agrees that man descended.
7 posted on 07/20/2002 11:15:27 PM PDT by Consort
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To: yianni
I don't think the timing would be right for that. Mohammed wasn't born till pretty much later and there were people already in Europe that whites descended from.
8 posted on 07/20/2002 11:17:30 PM PDT by FITZ
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To: Jimer
YES , it is true that man descended from Mohammed. And I am Ma -ham -head if I believe it.
9 posted on 07/20/2002 11:18:42 PM PDT by voa-davidk
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To: rockfish59
Yes, and I seem to recall an effort by some statisticans in late 90's to argue that Tiger Woods was stastically asian somehow. I suspect what these things really indicate is a desperate lack of credible research projects for graduate students.
10 posted on 07/20/2002 11:19:42 PM PDT by Threepwood
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To: yianni
My family name was traced back to 1066AD
11 posted on 07/20/2002 11:19:50 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: yianni
Interesting article. I don't know if it makes sense or not, I'm not much on genealogy, but I sent it to a fried of mine who is, to see what she thinks.
12 posted on 07/20/2002 11:20:37 PM PDT by Kerberos
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To: Jimer
Burp ! Ummm...weeeeelll exuuuuse meeee . Yea right .
13 posted on 07/20/2002 11:21:09 PM PDT by voa-davidk
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Burp ! Ummm...weeeeelll exuuuuse meeee . Yea right .
14 posted on 07/20/2002 11:21:29 PM PDT by voa-davidk
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To: FITZ
That population remained isolated and inbred producing...democrats(?).
15 posted on 07/20/2002 11:21:39 PM PDT by yianni
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To: yianni
Well worth reading, for those with any genealogical bent.

And well worth linking: from Atlantic Online, The Royal We by Steve Olson.

16 posted on 07/20/2002 11:23:36 PM PDT by okie01
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To: yianni
Salaam, Freepers

LMAO!!!!!!!
17 posted on 07/20/2002 11:23:57 PM PDT by cmsgop
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To: cmsgop
How did my title change?

BTW, this makes us all apostates. You know the implications.

18 posted on 07/20/2002 11:31:03 PM PDT by yianni
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To: yianni
Unlikely. None of my family are that stupid, and I'd extend that statement to in-laws, possibly excepting exactly one.
19 posted on 07/20/2002 11:45:44 PM PDT by SAJ
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To: yianni
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20 posted on 07/20/2002 11:47:56 PM PDT by jimkress
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