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June 20, 2006

Are you a Confucius descendant?

ConfuciusConfucius is expected to have more than 3 million descendants over the world - 2.5 million in China, 100,000 in Korea and the rest in the United States, Malaysia and Singapore. A lot of people are claiming to be the sage’s grand grand grand … grand children. But who is saying the truth?

Well, from now on, the Beijing Institute of Genomics (founded in 1998) at the Chinese Academy of Science is proposing DNA tests for just over 1000RMB (100 euros).

Anybody wants to help me ($$$) taking the test? Maybe that one of my ancestor had an affair with an early descendant of Confucius? ;-)

Links
China Daily - 2006 06 20
Confucius at Wikipedia
Kong Family
Beijing Institute of Genomics

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