SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Brumar89 who wrote (59276)11/29/2002 4:46:59 AM
From: zonder  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Re The article presents the relatedness of Palestinians and Jews as controversial. I don't know why

Strange but true. It also says why - Jews feel they have a special genetic line they need to protect. Chosen people of the God and all that. I guess they don't like to hear they are related to Palestinians.

And Turks are (mostly) Greeks by ancestry

Not really. I would imagine that the lines got mixed pretty well in Ottoman times (go to the west of Turkey and you will be amazed at how girls look Greek and men look Italian) but Turks come from Central Asia. They are a completely separate line. Their language has nothing to do with any European language. As I said before, there are Turkic republics in Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, etc) where a dialect of Turkish is still spoken.

And most Arabs are not Arabs by ancestry.

I think we can safely say that racism is quite stupid at this day and age, given the rate to which we have all quite conveniently mixed for millenia.

BTW, read something recently which said the Welsh weren't Celtic by ancestry but were desceded from Basques (now found in NE Spain)

That would be interesting if true. The Basque are a pretty strange group - their language is completely unrelated to any other language in Europe, and they have a very high ratio of O rH - blood in the population. That is the least common blood type in the rest of the world, and is much valued because it is the universal donor. I had read that nobody really knew where the Basques came from.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2026 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News