From: derek gatherer (dgatherer2002@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Wed 10 Dec 2003 - 09:27:54 GMT
> But looking at the guy as the biological entity he
> is, there
> isn 't much Chinese about him though.
Possibly because his ancestors are Spanish, African,
German or Lebanese (the three main non-indigenous
populations in Ecuador).
> What made them South- Indian if their origin is
> Chinese !?
The relative lack of genetic variability suggests that
the founding population may only have been a few
dozen.
> Northen China indicates Nepal, Southern Rusland,
> Mongolia !?
If I remember rightly, the most likely area for the
orgin of the Ys was in Manchuria/Mongolia.
> Do you have a surname of Padilla, I searched the web
> last
> night
His name was Ricardo Padilla - unfortunately it's a
very common name and the top hits on google are to an
Israeli/Finnish classical musician and a Salvadorean politician.
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