[wildbill]

“it’s not entirely unlikely that he’s the ancestor of 100s of millions of people today, including most of the population of modern Egypt.”

Since they now think they have the mummy of Ramses identified and might be able to get DNA from it, how cool would it be for modern Egyptians to have a plaque on their wall certifying a relationship to their great,great, great, great,great, great, great, etc.

[aruanan]

“it’s not entirely unlikely that he’s the ancestor of 100s of millions of people today, including most of the population of modern Egypt.”

Except for the Copts, most of the population of modern Egypt comes heavily diluted by the gene pool of Arabia.