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Half of European men share King Tut's DNA | Reuters

Half of European men share King Tut's DNA | Reuters

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Of course, this is only stating that 70% of British men and 50% of European men have a common direct male ancestor with Tutankhamun in the last 9500 years. In fact taking all lineages into account we are probably all descended from any of his close relatives who have any living descendants at all. (King Tut himself is believed to have outlived both his own children, even though he died at 18.)

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The above notes were curated from the full post www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/01/us-britain-tutankhamun-dna-idUSTRE7704PB20110801.

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