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0 points_ph_4y ago0 comments

But they trace their line to the ancient greek Adreides which fought in the siege of Troy. So their origin would be Greek, whatever mixed in over the millenia.

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simonh4y ago

Genetically it doesn't make sense to privilege one ancestor or ancestral line as 'their origin', over others that are merely 'mixed in'. They're all just ancestors. Take Paul for example, is his ancestry Atreides, or whatever Jessica's background is*? He's just as much her son as he is Leto's.

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_ph_OP4y ago

That is of course correct. Isn't it even so that every 4th man in Asia can name Genghis Khan as his ancestor? I think in general, making large assumptions how humanity looks even very few generations in the future is pure speculation with the current speed of globalization and mobility.

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0 points_ph_4y ago0 comments

But they trace their line to the ancient greek Adreides which fought in the siege of Troy. So their origin would be Greek, whatever mixed in over the millenia.

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simonh4y ago

* spoiler alert

_ph_OP4y ago

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