{"id":13374,"date":"2022-04-16T06:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T06:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=13374"},"modified":"2022-04-16T06:32:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T06:32:10","slug":"did-king-tuts-family-have-yamnaya-ancestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/did-king-tuts-family-have-yamnaya-ancestry\/","title":{"rendered":"Did King Tut&#8217;s family have Yamnaya ancestry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Did King Tut&#039;s family have Yamnaya ancestry?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rh Negative Origins: The Yamnaya People\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNgWTi4tO9g?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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there were many possible groups in Egypt that the DNA could have belonged to,\u201d said Roman Scholz, director of the iGENEA Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 70 percent of Spanish and 60 percent of French men also belong to the genetic group of the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe think the common ancestor lived in the Caucasus about 9,500 years ago,\u201d Scholz told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is estimated that the earliest migration of haplogroup R1b1a2 into Europe began with the spread of agriculture in 7,000 BC, according to iGENEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the geneticists were not sure how Tutankhamun\u2019s paternal lineage came to Egypt from its region of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre is now using DNA testing to search for the closest living relatives of \u201cKing Tut.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe offer has only been publicised for three days but we have already seen a lot of interest,\u201d Scholz told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/oukoe-uk-britain-tutankhamun-dna-idUKTRE7704OR20110801\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/oukoe-uk-britain-tutankhamun-dna-idUKTRE7704OR20110801<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Did King Tut&#039;s family have Yamnaya ancestry?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Up to 70 percent of British men and half of all Western European men are related to the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, geneticists in Switzerland said. 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