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[-] Cytobit@piefed.social 9 points 4 months ago

Once you go back far enough, everyone is related. Everyone alive today with European ancestry is a direct descendant of Charlemagne, for example.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/commentisfree/2015/may/24/business-genetic-ancestry-charlemagne-adam-rutherford

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Sure but that there still is a living relative of Cheddar man is still remarkable. The majority of bloodlines in the entire history of mankind have died out. Most people from that same era as cheddar man will have no living relatives today.

[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Is not rare to be a descendant of Charlemagne, it's quite rare to have a proven lineage to that time.

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