BMP 424 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 Yes, yes, we all knew this, yeah yeah yeah old news, but nonetheless, they finally have DNA evidence to "suggest" it :dunno: Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish and African relatives, DNA test suggests DNA tests of 39 living relatives of Adolf Hitler suggest the leader of Nazi Germany may have had Jewish and African relatives. Could Hitler's hatred for the Jewish people have been a case of self-loathing? The repulsive leader of Nazi Germany may have had Jewish and perhaps African relatives, according to DNA tests conducted on nearly 40 living relatives. The report comes from the Belgium magazine, Knack, which says it obtained saliva samples after tracking down 39 relatives from throughout Europe, as well as in America. "One can from this postulate that Hitler was related to people whom he despised," Jean-Paul Mulders, the journalist who wrote the article, stated in his report. Working with historian Marc Vermeeren, the samples were tested and were found to contain a chromosome called Haplopgroup E1b1b (Y-DNA), which is rarely found in Western Europeans. "It is most commonly found in the Berbers of Morocco, in Algeria, Libya and Tunisia as well as among Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews," Vermeeren said in the article. Hitler's heritage has been called into question before, with some suggesting his grandfather was Jewish. But this is the first claim with any scientific data to support it. Similar reports have been made against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly denied the Holocaust occurred and regularly bashes Israel. It was suggested in the British press in 2009 that the nuke-hungry leader's name was changed from Sabourjian, a Jewish name meaning "cloth weaver," when it was converted to Islam after his birth. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/08/24/2010-08-24_nazi_leader_adolf_hitler_had_jewish_and_african_relatives_dna_test_suggests.html Also, Hitler 'had Jewish and African roots', DNA tests show http:// Adolf Hitler may have had Jewish and African roots, DNA tests have shown Saliva samples taken from 39 relatives of the Nazi leader show he may have had biological links to the “subhuman” races that he tried to exterminate during the Holocaust. Jean-Paul Mulders, a Belgian journalist, and Marc Vermeeren, a historian, tracked down the Fuhrer’s relatives, including an Austrian farmer who was his cousin, earlier this year. A chromosome called Haplogroup E1b1b1 which showed up in their samples is rare in Western Europe and is most commonly found in the Berbers of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, as well as among Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews. "One can from this postulate that Hitler was related to people whom he despised," Mr Mulders wrote in the Belgian magazine, Knack. Haplogroup E1b1b1, which accounts for approximately 18 to 20 per cent of Ashkenazi and 8.6 per cent to 30 per cent of Sephardic Y-chromosomes, appears to be one of the major founding lineages of the Jewish population. Knack, which published the findings, says the DNA was tested under stringent laboratory conditions. "This is a surprising result," said Ronny Decorte, a genetic specialist at the Catholic University of Leuven. "The affair is fascinating if one compares it with the conception of the world of the Nazis, in which race and blood was central. “Hitler's concern over his descent was not unjustified. He was apparently not "pure" or ‘Ayran’.” It is not the first time that historians have suggested Hitler had Jewish ancestry. His father, Alois, is thought to have been the illegitimate offspring of a maid called Maria Schickelgruber and a 19-year-old Jewish man called Frankenberger. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ests-show.html 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
~O~ 565 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 :svgsad: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMP 424 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 :svgsad: elaborate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Osprey 199 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 Thats a pretty racist GIF you got going on there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMP 424 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 Thats a pretty racist GIF you got going on there. An African American descendant eating a watermelon. Oh the travesty :panicworker: although I didn't mean it to be linked to the title, that was just dumb luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OrlandoNKentucky 54 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 I didn't know about that, so I must be out of the Hitler loop if its old news but anyways very interesting to find that out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Live or Die Magic 383 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 An African American descendant eating a watermelon. Oh the travesty :panicworker: although I didn't mean it to be linked to the title, that was just dumb luck Since you didn't take the obvious hint - and we can decide on our own what to infer from that - I removed it for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jec 427 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 Watermelons are so racist. What would MLK think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMP 424 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 Since you didn't take the obvious hint - and we can decide on our own what to infer from that - I removed it for you. Since when did the classic Hitler eating a watermelon gif become racist? I remember when I used it in a 9th grade biology powerpoint project and it was still just a silly, funny gif. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E27 33 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 Hm. That is pretty interesting. It definitely doesn't give any rationale behind his wanting to create a "master race." Unless he was unhappy with his Jewish upbringing or something, but even then...it's a weird thing. EDIT: unless, of course, he didn't know he was Jewish, which would just make the whole situation an incredibly sad case of irony. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
~O~ 565 Report post Posted August 27, 2010 I just wonder how the Nazis that still exist today will actually feel about what they're doing since this evidence has come to life. There lives are a lie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VCplusD12 91 Report post Posted August 30, 2010 Cute story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites