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From: "Leo van de Pas" <>
Subject: Re: Non-White Royal Descendants
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 07:57:31 +1000
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I think, if you look amongst the descendants of Queen Victoria there are
several marriages to people with interesting names and some of these may
well include colour.
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Webb" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: Non-White Royal Descendants


> No, I genuinely want to know. I watched Mel Gibson's Mutiny on the Bounty
> the other day, and realised that Mel, a descendant of Edward III, passed
on
> his royal ancestry to many Polynesian descendants. I myself have black 3rd
> cousins. Distant cousins of mine have married Iraqis, Cubans, Koreans etc.
> Spencer Hines, I assume you are a slave to political correctness.
>
>
> "D. Spencer Hines" <> wrote in message
> news:7Ck5d.70$...
> > None.
> >
> > He's simply trying to provoke a silly-buggers argument.
> >
> > DSH
> >
> > "Martin E. Hollick" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >
> > | I would disagree that all descendants of James VI and I are white,
> > | just by using common sense.
> > |
> > | The Calverts which came to Maryland were descended in certain lines
> > | from Charles II through his illegitimate daughter Charlottte Fitzroy.
> > | I'll assume that in the intervening 300 years that some of the Calvert
> > | descendants are non-white. Maryland was a southern state and allowed
> > | slavery. Assuming that at some point one of the Calvert descendants
> > | must have fathered a child by a slave, there must be at least some (if
> > | not many) non-white descendants of the Calverts. That's but one
> > | example.
> > |
> > | Also, many people consider the Queen Consort of George III to have
> > | African blood. So by some standards her descendants who are also
> > | descendants of James VI and I would be non-white at least in part.
> > |
> > | What is the point of your question?
> > |
> > |
> > | "David Webb" <> wrote in message
> > news:<u4e5d.108429$>...
> >
> > | > Dear all, as far as I know, all descendants of James VI and I are
> > white.
> > | > What about descendnats of Henry VII in Tudor Roll of the blood
> > royal? Are
> > | > there any known non-white royal descendants?
> >
>
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