Regarding your inquiry about the Identity of Pharamond…modern researchers, as indeed the researchers of the late middle ages, continue to be puzzled by the identity of Pharamond, King of the Franks. We many never known with certainty the identity of this individual who may end up being just another unidentified allele in modern DNA testing. However, I hope that future findings may allow us to identify with certainty the genetic links of the Frankish people and if Pharamond proves to be a false insertion to legitimize the Frankish Dynasty I would hope that those future findings will allow us to put him in his proper place. Meantime, the researchers with whom I am associated have issued the following statement.

After researching carefully it is my belief that Pharamond did exist however his attachment to the Merovingian house as the supposed parent ancestor of the Merovingian kings is not correct. It is believed by me and some of the researchers with whom I work that the grafting of Pharamond onto the Frankish tree represents a legitimization of the Frankish kings in the face of a failing empire. The sources to identify Pharamond as a Frank are very sparse, circumstantial, and greatly mythologized. The main source is Marcellus Ammianus who wrote mainly about the Romano/Person conflict in Albania and its effect on the migrating populations of the 3rd century (Alans, Heathobard, Suevians, and various tribes of Franks). – Project DFA

The region of Varangia (Dacio/Geatland) near and around the Black sea seems to have been the origin, or at least the prolonged interim settlement, of the Frankish people prior to their migration to the north west (toward Germania). The migration happened in stages with the Frankish peoples being  subdivided into various sub-tribes or clans. Prior to the migration various of these groups came under subjugation of alternately the Roman or Persian empire as political events shifted. Ammianus Marcelinus recorded the events of this conflict as the unfolded in Germania at a time when Rome was in the process of regaining some of its former territories, that had been previously lost to the Persian Empire. Some of the participants in the events mentioned by Ammianus such as Pharamond, an earlier Merovek, Nannianus, Tonantius Ferreolus , and possibly even Clodius I represent an Eastern European faction vs a West European faction. These people familiar to western sources as early political leaders of the Franks can also be found mentioned in the histories of the local dynasties and satrapies of Persia as they transitioned to Roman rule.

While there is no good reference for a Frankish king named Pharamond, there are some reliable Byzantine references to a Paranzemund, who was a Roman Foederatus and deposed prince of Eastern Albania whose family relations, life and exploits mesh perfectly with the known details of Pharamond as a leader of a Frankish people during their migratory phase.  If, as I  believe, these individuals represent local Generals, deposed Satraps, and Regional Governors or Dux Romani who later became Rex Populi, then the large distance traveled would not have been an issue since it is historically proven that both the Persian and Roman Military machine had great mobility in the provences from east to west, north to south, during this era of the Empire.

According to the eastern references, Paranzemund was the son of Valinak Syak [Sunno the Frank], and was a deposed Tocharian Prince and uncle of young King Papes of Armenia [brother to Pape's mother Parandzem] who was stationed by Theodoric to guard the “Northern Islands” [Thule/Orcades]. As a young man in 360 CE, he was a veteran of the Olympic games in (Olibrium) where he won as a pugilist (boxer). Parandzem and Paranzemund were both members of the Parthian house of Mihra/Mervan.

I, and the other researchers at Project DFA,  recommend expanding the search for Pharamond and his family (antecedents and immediate posterity) to include records kept by the Persian Empire and Eastern Roman sources.

Votre Ami,

Almoustine

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Lilith is getting upset at being left off the human “Out of Africa” genotree.

All male lineages can be traced to a supposed “Adam and Eve” that once lived in South East Africa. That is to say all Human DNA can be traced back to two single individuals with origins in Africa that has been dubbed by scientists as “Adam” and “Eve“. However, Female or mDNA is substantially older than Adam’s. Meaning it is possible for traces of Mother’s DNA to be traced back farther than Father’s. yDNA mutates at a faster rate, goes extinct or disappears at a faster rate; dying at the root rather than at the branches, so to speak, which renders various groups of humans more and more genetically distinct.

With that in mind we come back to the plight of Lillith. I refer to her as Lillith drawing upon the Ancient mythologies of the Middle East which tell of a mysterious “first wife” of Adam…. There is solid evidence that humans have evolved from two diverse groups. They were probably once a single group, however any genetic evidence that they evolved from a single group is now irretrievably lost to genetic drift. The dispersian pattern of the descendants of the two groups demonstrate widely diverse origins. The first group of  humans (Adam and Eve) can be confirmed to have originated “Out of Africa.” However, Lillith’s group [The X factor] appears to have had an Atlantic origin. And although some scientists labor intensively to “prove” an African origin based on the established pattern of Adam and Eve, the pattern of inheritance makes it difficult for such a confirmation to emerge.  The patterns of inheritance are too isolated. The dispersal pattern clearly shows haplotype X to have been a North Western Atlantic modal type.

Haplotype X1 appears to have originated prior to the great ice age in the North Western Atlantic.  From its center of origin it dispersed relatively uniformly throughout both North America and Europe, and the Levant prior to the onset of the great Ice Age.  Haplotype X2 appeared as a subtype either during the ice age and did not have time to disperse as with Haplotype X1.

Although scientists labor intensively to prove an “Out of Africa” origin… and even go so far as to suggest its origin in South East Asia (as a result of branching from Haplotype N); the ultimate origin remains a mystery with experts unable to arrive at a consensus. That Haplotype X2 appears in widely isolated pockets (North East America, and the Aegean/Black Sea Region) is likely the result of migration either overland (via river systems) or by ancient seafarers. Modern genetic studies show that a single haplotype with widely separated pockets only occurs as the result of population bottlenecks that occur as a result of migration or cataclysmic occurances and supports the pre-ice age theory of separation of a parent civilization into eastern and western groups by an ice age (20,000-10,000 years ago).  X2 demonstrates a normal dispersal pattern in North American, however the isolated pocket of X2 in the Black Sea region could only have originated as the result of a population bottleneck caused by post glacial migratory relocation by an isolated genetically distinct group of people.  Today the Haplotype X can be found primarily in the Altaic Mountains around Bashkus and Chulca, among the Druze, and among the North American Nuuchahnulth

Scientific logic then would lead us to conclude that both X1 and X2 originated prior to the Ice Age but that  haplotype X2 was divided as a result of ecological or cataclysmic events during of immediately following the ice age (8,000-4,000 BC).

In order to identify the tribes and people whose heritage displays the mysterious X factor. We need to first identify those associated with this inheritance and then analyze their histories and mythologies for  clues  with regard to their common origins. The ancient peoples with their roots in Northern Africa, the Fertile Crescent and the Black Sea were the Parthians, Greeks, Hittites, Assyrians, and Haburites. Among these tribes are those whose mDNA still carries the legacy of the X haplotype.  Embedded in the mythologies and legends of these groups are the clues and distant racial memories of this event.

1) Zoroastrian accounts of pre-ice age civilization, the ice age which destroyed it and man’s retreat into an extensive cave system to survive the event.

2) Plato’s account of the naval power of Atlantis prior to its fall and the cataclysmic events which likely contributed to the onset of the ice age. (Extensive Vulcanism)

3) Areyanic mythologies (preserved in the Gaelic) of the Fomorians

4) Ancient Greek myths regarding the Elysium Fields [Land of Light], man’s triumph over the elements (Gods vs Titans).

5) Gothic Legends of the War of Vesosis [Zeus] and Tanausis [Titans] which was a prediluvian battle that is often misidentified with the battle of Troy or other later battle.

6) Aztec myths (Originally a North American People): Life at Tamoanchan (the legendary origin of all civilizations); Worship of Atlatonan/Atlatonin) – goddess of the coast; Escape from martial law from Chicomostoc, “the place of the seven caves” [The first migration], The southward journey to Mexico [The second migration, 1035 CE]

7) Haburitic/Mesopotamian stories of Lillith and Adam

Egyptian records of the Tainite Kings and the Bubastis Flood.

4) The biblical account of Noah

5) Assyrian account of Gilgamesh

7) The confirmation in written record of ancient Mesopotamian trade with the mysterious land of Dilmun/Telmun whose climate required the consumption of Mesopotamian wool. The location of this land is purely speculative at this time.

There are many many more myths globally which I could cite but the bibliography is lengthy and I only want to show that the racial memory of Lilith’s homeland as well as the events contributing to its demise and subsequent migrations there from are far from being regional isolates. Suffice it to say that the genealogical and legendary records both support the appearance of X2 in the two isolated regions as the result of population bottlenecks during or shortly following the ice-age. That both haplogroups appear on both continents is consistent with the theory of a wide-spread pre-ice age Northern Hemospheric (Atlantian) civilization followed by subsequent eastern and western migrations by isolated post glacial X2 groups following a series of floods and lakeburst “events”.

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Once a study limited to Kings, Mormons, and the elderly, genealogy is now a burgeoning industry spurred on my the average human being’s need for social connection and a place of their own in a world bursting with fellow humans.

While it is indisputable that we all emerged from the same gene pool and are related in some degree, the families, clans, and tribal affiliations to which we belong are what give us both our individual identity and yet tie us into the common humanity. Understanding this is what enables us to make sense of both historical and current events.

Knowing as an individual that you are connected to everyone else is really not enough, it is simply too abstract a concept to grasp… too easy to transcend… to easy to miss the mark and view others in an objectified way based on limited views informed by too may other systems (religious, political) to recognize the common humanity in another. Identifying the connections is what enables us to transcend the boundaries that define us and create a solid sense of connectedness that enables us to address the real issues that challenge our common humanity.

More than ever people are reaching out and making use of tools and services that enable them to discover their unique place in the larger picture.  And who some of these people are would surprise you. Historians, Anthropologists, Political Scientists and 7th grade schoolgirls. New questions emerge in the debate what does it mean to be an American, an Immigrant, Black, Hispanic, Native American.

The past two years in American media has been a real eye opener new discoveries regarding the origins and place of the family of US President, Barack Obama, have emerged. And much of this is due to the efforts of BridgeAnn d’Avignon,  a single 7th Grade school girl who has made a difference in American politics by discovering that President Barack Obama is related to every other US President except Martin Van Buren.

Learn more about this amazing Irish-American lineage and its connections to the Luo tribe of Kenya and its place in the common heritage of US Presidents.

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