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Honest question: Why pick Charlemagne as an example here? The statement “Everyone is a descendent of X” is true for a lot of people who lived around that time a
by spot5010 5y ago
Honest question: Why pick Charlemagne as an example here? The statement “Everyone is a descendent of X” is true for a lot of people who lived around that time and had descendants, no? Is Charlemagne chosen because he was a notable person of that era?
- singularity2001 5y agoI fully agree with you. Picking Charlemagne is completely misleading. I don't know why this paradoxon of genetics formed around this persona, maybe to overcome initial disbelief.
- ryrymcfly 5y agoWell considering this has most likely an English origin, it would make sense that someone one of suitably distant but recognizable heritage would be chosen. The English and French has a long history of rivalry so there might have been a joke in there.