To start with, LOL.
See http://phoenicia.org/genetics.html,
and
http://phoenicia.org/jefferson.html
Jefferson's DNA proves that
Charlemagne was descended from the Phoenicians, because Jefferson was
descended from the Phoenicians, and we know he was descended from
Charlemagne. The Lebanese have somehow been proven to have "Phoenician"
genetic markers. The Phoenicians are a very mysterious people who are the
granddaddies of us all. Eyes rolling! They cursed, and everything!
These people have Phoenicians on the brain. However, apparently Spencer
Wells picked up on it. I get the idea the he apparently thinks
Jefferson's
DNA has something to do with Phoenicians. Though I've yet to actually
verify that he thinks such a thing, and clearly the people who quote him
here are over the edge off the deep end. Wells is not the most
intellectually rigorous person in the world, but .... ?
So I thought I'd better point out a couple of things.
Phoenicia was a little state in the northwestern corner of Palestine,
where
Lebanon is now. Only Lebanon covers more territory. Vuhhy mysterious
why
the Lebanese should be genetically similar to "Phoenicians", however we
know
what sort of DNA they had.
But we can make some pretty good guesses what sort of DNA Phoenicians
would
ahve had. THe people of Palestine at that time, and particularly
northwestern Palestine, were a mixture of northwest Semitic,
proto-Indo-European, Hurrian (Asiatic), and Indo-Aryan.
The genetic mythology seems to be that Phoenicians formed large
Indo-European or whatever colonies all along the Mediterranean. Ummm,
that
would have been the Sea Peoples, who were a mixture of proto-Indo-European
and Indo-European people, and by the time they'd spread around enough some
Middle Eastern as well. The Sea Peoples took over parts of Anatolia,
and
parts of southwestern Palestine, and they included the Myceneans.
I honestly don't think the Phoenicians got very far in very large numbers.
Not impossible they traded with Spain and Britain, as they were merchants
and traders and trade networks went all over in their time; but they sure
didn't supplant the local populations or whatever.
On the other hand, Joblin et al present clear evidence of a genetic trail
leading through Egypt and North Africa to Spain, of people who are close
genetic matches (atleast with 8 markers), of Thomas Jefferson.
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Dora Smith
Austin, TX
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