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From: (Shawn Potter)
Subject: Re: POSSIBLE GATEWAY: FROM AFRICA TO EUROPE
Date: 16 Mar 2004 13:28:18 -0800
References: <c57e4f24.0403141731.5b931209@posting.google.com> <00f601c40aee$508f9da0$9b0d0043@hppav> <010401c40af0$dd3b5b20$9b0d0043@hppav>


Several sources, see
http://www.soas.ac.uk/Africa/courseunits/cultural/epc/EPCLECTURE4.html,
suggest that Mara Takla Haymanot, founder of the Zagwe dynasty,
married a daughter of the last Aksumite king. The Aksumite rulers
claimed descent from King Solomon of Israel. So, if Euphrosyne was a
daughter of Lalibela's sister, then Euphrosine's descendants might be
able to claim not only African but also Hebrew ancestry...if the links
in these multiple connections prove to be true.

Shawn

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