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I watched a little of BBC News 24 earlier today and saw a story about a group of western Chinese villagers with very European looks (one had blond hair!). There is a theory that they are descended from Romans who managed to escape the Parthians when M L Crassus mismanaged them into a slaughter. DNA tests are being taken to verify the theory but another theory, that they are descended from the Huns, is also being voiced.

 

Years ago I watched a documentrary about the Tocharians, another group of European featured people living in Western China. Their language (also called Tocharian) is the most eastern example of the Indo-European group.

 

Maybe the two groups are related?

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Somewhere on this board, there was a thread on this subject recently.

 

I started it. I think it was combined with one or two older threads on the same subject.

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