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Subject: have you seen this one before?
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:39:25 +0000
From: Sandra Parker [1]<Sandra(a)parkershouse.net>
To: Richard Chilvers [2]<r_chilvers(a)btinternet.com>
[3]http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/chilvers
Cheers
Sandra
References
1. mailto:Sandra@parkershouse.net
2. mailto:r_chilvers@btinternet.com
3. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/chilvers
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Subject: now you might be one of these, as well as a Chilvers!
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 23:10:01 +0000
From: Sandra Parker [1]<Sandra(a)parkershouse.net>
To: Richard Chilvers [2]<r_chilvers(a)btinternet.com>
Up to 70 per cent of British men and half of all Western European men are
related to Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, geneticists in Switzerland said.
Scientists at Zurich-based DNA genealogy centre, iGENEA, reconstructed the
DNA profile of the boy Pharaoh, who ascended the throne at the age of nine,
his father Akhenaten and grandfather Amenhotep III, based on a film that was
made for the Discovery Channel.
The results showed King Tut belonged to a genetic profile group, known as
haplogroup R1b1a2, to which more than 50 per cent of all men in Western
Europe belong.
The results indicate they share a common ancestor.
Among modern-day Egyptians this haplogroup contingent is below 1 per cent,
according to iGENEA.
"It was very interesting to discover that he belonged to a genetic group in
Europe - there were many possible groups in Egypt that the DNA could have
belonged to," said Roman Scholz, director of the iGENEA Centre.
Around 70 per cent of Spanish and 60 per cent of French men also belong to
the genetic group of the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.
"We think the common ancestor lived in the Caucasus about 9,500 years ago,"
Mr Scholz said.
It is estimated the earliest migration of haplogroup R1b1a2 into Europe
began with the spread of agriculture in 7,000 BC, according to iGENEA.
However, the geneticists were not sure how King Tutankhamun's paternal
lineage came to Egypt from its region of origin.
The centre is now using DNA testing to search for the closest living
relatives of King Tut.
"The offer has only been publicised for three days but we have already seen
a lot of interest," Mr Scholz said.
References
1. mailto:Sandra@parkershouse.net
2. mailto:r_chilvers@btinternet.com