Wednesday, August 25, 2010

New Hitler DNA Tests

Earlier this year, the DNA of 39 of Hitler's living relatives showed a chromosome that is rare in Western Europe and is commonly found in people of certain African and Jewish descent.  There have long been rumors that Hitler's father, an illegitimate child, was fathered by a Jewish man whom Hitler's grandmother worked for.  For awhile, these reports were largely dismissed, since Jews had been expelled from Graz, the city in Austria where Hitler's grandmother lived. 

Traditionally, Jewishness is passed on through the mother.  But it would still be nice to see the look on Hitler's face when he was told he was descended from both Jews and Africans.

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