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Michael: Sorry, I was unclear. St Gregorios’ ancestor was …

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Comment posted Familytree – Syrian Christians DNA Project Information by John Mathew.

Michael:

Sorry, I was unclear. St Gregorios’ ancestor was the brother of Mar Andrews, a Syriac monk/priest/individual who came to India with his two brothers. He is buried in Kallada St Mary’s. Other descendants of this family include the Kattumangattu line of bishops. So Syriac ancestry, not Greek.

But it was reported that some of the bishops who arrived in Malabar from the West Syriac Church were accompanied by “Greeks”. I don’t buy it, since I don’t see how Chalcedonian Greeks would come to Malabar, and I’m unaware of the existence of modern-day (or 400 year old) non-Chalcedonian Greeks; but I report it nonetheless since you seem to have some belief in a possible Greek heritage.

DNA tests would tell you something; I don’t know if you can specifically identify that as Greek though. Like the Persians, the Greeks have a very diverse number of inputs. But you’d at least have some data that you could run with.