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| Free meal promotion for relatives of Genghis Khan |
| 2004-07-05 |
| A London restaurant chain is offering customers free DNA testing to see if they’re descended from Genghis Khan. As an armchair military historian, I’ve got to say that Genghis is my favourite. His tactics and strategy have only been equalled but never bettered. Restaurant Shish has promised free meals for any found to be related to the notorious Mongol leader. The unusual promotion is to mark the Mongolian government’s decision to allow citizens to have surnames for the first time since they were banned by the communists in the 1920s. Some 50,000 Mongolians now proudly claim direct descent from and bear the name of Genghis Khan. They are too modest.DNA sampling show 16 million descendants living today. Shish has teamed up with DNA-based research company Oxford Ancestors to offer descendants food from their ancestral homelands. From Saturday July 3 to Friday July 9, diners at the Shish restaurant venues in London’s Hoxton and Willesden Green will have the opportunity to have their DNA sent off for analysis The procedure needs only a small brush to be rubbed quickly around the inside cheek of the participant. The sample is then sent off for analysis which takes around two months. It is estimated that 17 million people worldwide, including the British Royal Family, Iranian Royalty, and the family of Dracula, are direct descendents of Genghis Khan. The conqueror founded an empire which, at its height, stretched from The Sea Of Japan, across Russia and northern India, to the edges of modern day Eastern Europe. What they are trying to say is that he founded the largest land based empire the world has ever seen. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 Well Shipman, if he was the father of BBQ we can forgive any killing and pillaging. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2004-07-05 9:03:31 PM |
| #8 Lucky: I guess when you move your trailer you are trolling for tornados. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-07-05 6:52:58 PM |
| #7 Damn I wish I could paint as well as Lucky writes. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-05 4:58:44 PM |
| #6 Khans tomb has never been found, and it's said to hold riches from all over his vast territory. Nobody beat him when he was alive, and nobody has found him when he's dead. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-07-05 4:22:16 PM |
| #5 truly a Lucky Classic! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-05 2:16:36 PM |
| #4 I'm a direct decendant of Genghis. Trailer parks are full of us. It's a life style that works well, what with all the torching of one berg after another. it's a mobility thing. At family gatherings, we all like sit around, get ignorant, and wax tales of past and future glories. Most of the stories are passed down via songs. Sometimes a family member will try to change a lyric, just for fun, to see if anybody can catch it. We always do. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-07-05 2:12:46 PM |
| #3 He was a kind and gentle man who rarely razed cities, but did so when necessary. A gent. A credit to his race. The father of BBQ! /lucky |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-05 12:14:21 PM |
| #2 Genghis is very missunderstood, the majority of the expansion of his land was done after his death(including the more barbaric actions he is attributed to, gheng DID raze cities, but only after they killed his messengers, he was pretty protective of his messengers), the men who lead after him always said everything they did, they did in the name of Genghis Khan.. (and of course, as per historian thinking, why would so many things be done in this man's name if he did not yet live ? heh) |
| Posted by: Dcreeper 2004-07-05 11:52:48 AM |
| #1 That was one bad ass dude,Tip.Last I heard(History Chanel docu)says Genghis'grave has never been found,if true where are the going to get his DNA sample. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-07-05 11:18:46 AM |