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In reply to the discussion: My DNA test says I am from the Levant. [View all]JustAnotherGen
(37,503 posts)My husband is now a dual citizenship American. His family can literally be traced back to the 8th century in a church that at one time was greek orthodox and now Roman Catholic. His region of Italy was considered Greece until about the the late 8th century. 3 of the siblings look Greek, two are blond haired blue eyed with traces of their great great Eritrean immigrant grandmother (high foreheads, high cheekbones).
Our home there has been continuously resided in since the 1500's by a member of his family.
So sharing this to say - he doesn't have any right to just swoop in and take land from Greeks or Eritreans - but they don't have the right to his ancestral townhome either. His Falcone ancestor built these for family members and himself for when he thought he was going to be assassinated. Really crazy interbreeding in the Italian Aristocracy lead to banarama crazy town behavior.
So no - you don't have the right.
ETA - my sister in law took one of those genetic tests in Genoa. They have light smatterings of british and Indian connections. Makes sense - since the Romans and Greeks gotta round - if you know what I mean.