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How Jesus Became Christian

Posted on October 25, 2013August 14, 2025 by Justin Durand

How Jesus Became Christian – Barrie Wilson

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Melungeons

Posted on October 20, 2013August 14, 2025 by Justin Durand

The Melungeons are a tri-racial group, descended from Europeans, Africans, and Indians. Although the term Melungeon refers to a specific group, it has become a generic label for many similar groups: the Carmel Indians of southern Ohio, the Brown People of Kentucky, the Guineas of West Virginia, the We-Sorts of Maryland, the Nanticoke-Moors of Delaware,…

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Celtic Lore

Posted on October 11, 2013August 14, 2025 by Justin Durand

In Ireland, it was believed that swans pulled the bark of the sun across the underworld sea each night. Swans also bore the souls of Celtic chieftains to the afterlife. Swans had magic powers that could make mortals sleep. Swan skins and feathers were used to make the cloaks of Celtic poets. In County Mayo,…

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Stripped of Arms

Posted on April 23, 2013August 14, 2025 by Justin Durand

It might seem very archaic but it turns out you really can be stripped of your coat of arms. That is, if you used fraud to obtain it. What seems to have happened is this. David Holliday, a Dallas attorney, wanted to be chief of the Halliday family. In Scotland, a chief of the name…

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The Y Chromosome is older now

Posted on March 16, 2013August 14, 2025 by Justin Durand

They found a new branch of the y chromosome that’s older than anything found so far. The human  “The new divergent lineage, which was found in an individual who submitted his DNA to Family Tree DNA, a company specializing in DNA analysis to trace family roots, branched from the Y chromosome tree before the first…

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