Lets say one day you decide to do your DNA to see where your ancestry comes from, Lo and behold the results come back and it states that you have, lets say 12% Italian, but how is that possible my ancestors are from France,England, or even Egypt.
Well do I have a surprise for you. Its actually not that far fetched for your DNA to show Italian because from about 753 b.c. to 1453 a.d. the Roman empire Conquered and propagated an estimated 70 million people 21% of the worlds population, and to think that no intermarrying or the like didn't happen is preposterous.
At its zenith, the Roman Empire included these today's countries and territories: most of Europe (England, Wales, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Gibraltar, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine), coastal northern Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt), the Balkans (Albania, Greece, Hungary, Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Turkey), the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, Asia Minor, and some parts of Mesopotamia and the Middle East (Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Israel).
As genealogy goes we are not shocked by any DNA results that happen to pop up, Its a part of finding who and where you come from and realizing we as a human race are all intertwined and connected.
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