I don't think that is true at all. Can you clarify what you mean by that as quite a few languages (some that are old) off the top of my head share little with J

I don't think that is true at all. Can you clarify what you mean by that as quite a few languages (some that are old) off the top of my head share little with Java: APL, Perl, OCaml, Rebol, Nim, Common Lisp...etc.