[lee martell]

The Gypsies are about even with the Muslims for extreme stubborness and tenacity of purpose, however misguided.
If this grave is dug up, that Muslim family may live to regret upsetting that clan of Romainians.

[GraceG]

Genetic evidence identified an indian origin for Roma.[7][8] One theory suggests that the name ultimately derives from a form ḍōmba 'man of low caste living by singing and music', attested in Classical Sanskrit.[9] An alternative view is that the ancestors of the Romani were part of the military in Northern India. When there were invasions bySultan Mahmud Ghaznavi and these soldiers were defeated, they were moved west with their families into theByzantine Empire between AD 1000 and 1030. So the roma or gypsies came to Europe to avoid the Muslim invasion of India.