Comments | randy_byers: Greetings from a son of Genghis Khan

randy_byers

Greetings from a son of Genghis Khan

Jun 16, 2006 17:54

My sister, who you will recall is teaching in China, wrote today to report that on Thursday they invited a Muslim Chinese colleague to tea. "I should say to fruit," my sister wrote. "With his Muslim restrictions on food intake, he was able to partake of the fruit and nothing else ( Read more... )

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voidampersand June 17 2006, 02:55:36 UTC

This is great. Do you think you might take up throat-singing, too?

randy_byers June 17 2006, 03:07:24 UTC

Yes, I know how to do "Inna Gadda Da Vida" now that I've heard Yat-Kha's version.

kalimac June 17 2006, 07:13:06 UTC

I could believe you as Central Asian, actually.

numbat June 17 2006, 15:02:23 UTC

You do realise this means I'm going to start calling you Ghu Manchu don't you?

randy_byers June 17 2006, 15:44:21 UTC

[falls over laughing, hits head, passes out]

One in -- uh, somewhat less than a million. anonymous June 17 2006, 16:19:49 UTC

A few years ago a genetic study of people in that region was published that indicated Genghis Khan had at least 15 million living male descendants (that's 0.5 percent of all the men on earth) -- I bet you're one of them!

Heck, I always knew you were one in a couple hundred!

Ron D.

Re: One in -- uh, somewhat less than a million. randy_byers June 17 2006, 16:57:35 UTC

There was a recent news story, maybe last week, about a guy in the US who was identified as a descendant of GK, and indeed that's why I used the subject-line. I should go have my DNA tested! Khaaaaaaaaaaan!