Comments on: Finding Ancestors Thrills: Arab Royalty With European Genes http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/finding-ancestors-thrills-arab-royalty-with-european-genes/ VanFossen, West, Anderson, Farlin, Knapp, Elwell, Disbrow and More Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Portland Oregon, Portland Oregon News, Real Estate, Weather and Portland Oregon Resources. Portland Oregon RSS Feed Available. » Blog Archive » Master Resale Rights - eBooks - Software. http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/finding-ancestors-thrills-arab-royalty-with-european-genes/#comment-2604 Portland Oregon, Portland Oregon News, Real Estate, Weather and Portland Oregon Resources. Portland Oregon RSS Feed Available. » Blog Archive » Master Resale Rights - eBooks - Software. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:15:01 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/finding-ancestors-thrills-arab-royalty-with-european-genes/#comment-2604 [...] Finding Ancestors Thrills: Arab Royalty With European Genes The thrill of identifying an ancestor is always exciting in family history research. Sometimes it’s a predictable find (Norwegians finding Norwegians in their past), and sometimes unpredictable (Norwegians finding Africans in their past). Then there are truly “shocking” and yet totally appropriate finds. One recent ancestor discovery in the news is a bit shocking, depending upon […] [...] [...] Finding Ancestors Thrills: Arab Royalty With European Genes The thrill of identifying an ancestor is always exciting in family history research. Sometimes it’s a predictable find (Norwegians finding Norwegians in their past), and sometimes unpredictable (Norwegians finding Africans in their past). Then there are truly “shocking” and yet totally appropriate finds. One recent ancestor discovery in the news is a bit shocking, depending upon […] [...]

]]> By: Kate http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/finding-ancestors-thrills-arab-royalty-with-european-genes/#comment-2200 Kate Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:28:22 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/finding-ancestors-thrills-arab-royalty-with-european-genes/#comment-2200 "With all the intermarriage of European women into Arab royalty, why is there so little history of European rulers marrying Arab women? They must have, but I can’t find much. Have you?" Good question! I did read an article some time ago that suggested the mother of the (English) Black Prince had Arabic ancestry, but no evidence was given apart from the fact that she had very dark hair and brown eyes, so that may just have been conjecture. “With all the intermarriage of European women into Arab royalty, why is there so little history of European rulers marrying Arab women? They must have, but I can’t find much. Have you?”

Good question! I did read an article some time ago that suggested the mother of the (English) Black Prince had Arabic ancestry, but no evidence was given apart from the fact that she had very dark hair and brown eyes, so that may just have been conjecture.

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