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Familytree – Syrian Christians DNA Project Information
Kerala, South India is one of the cradles of Christianity in the world. St Thomas the Apostle, is believed to have brought christianity to Kerala and this region is suppposed to have christianity before most parts of Europe and the world. This project is an attempt to trace the history of Syrian Christians of Kerala geneologically and compare with oral traditions and beliefs.
Syrian Christians of Kerala DNA Project is an attempt to bring together the DNA test results of syrian christians of kerala,India to evaluate the results and check whether oral traditions and beliefs are in line with geneological data.
A Geographic Project connects individuals who believe their direct line comes from a specific location. The Dual Geographic Projects are for individuals who order an mtDNA or Y-DNA test. Either their direct maternal line (mother’s mother’s mother’s…) or direct paternal line (father’s father’s father’s…) originates from this area.
Contacts
To order the kit and join the Project, please visit the Project website- Syrian Christians DNA Project @ FTDNA
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Nasrani Syrian Christians NETWORK Snapshot
- Comment on Joseph George’s Nasrani origin column
Hi Joseph,
Thanks for your labour in explaining complexities of Nasarani ...
- JMJ, please do some research instead of believing in this British myth. Yes, there is Orthodoxy in India and it does surprise peop...
- Have a look at what the British missionary John M Barton Had to say about the Syrians in travancore ( Mavelikarra) original Work ...
- This is not going to happen, since the Syro-Malabar people are trying to prove themselves to be a subsidiary of Church of East. T...
- jmj. our christianity is ancient. our nasrani came out from jewish diaspora. exactly israelites heritage like people may include f...
- It is only the illiterate BJP/RSS people of North India, who say that British brought Christianity to India because they have on...
- I am no Bible scholar or scholar of history. But could someone explain the following.
Given below are the English, Jewish (Hebr...
- I heard that the Latin bishop Garcia ordered the Malabar Christians to stop observing Pesaha at homes? Is it true? Can anyone prov...
- Yes, i like and support your conclusion. Being a syro malabar catholic, i wish this would be reality one day. Sadly, no progress...
- n the history, we can see Mar Ahathalla comes with a claim that he was a Patriarch for Thomas Christians appointed by the Pope in ...
- Well said, article. Congratulations !!! God bless you !!! I agree with your conclusion. I am keeping prayers for the unity of St. ...
- So far only 5 people interested in it. Not good for a community that faces extermination.
We are not trying to show off our 'inte...
- Hello everyone,
We have some mullaperiyar facts & figures with us. Would like to share with you (I dont like to make this for...
- Hi Peter van Gorder,
Movie on St Thomas Christian is a great idea.Start with Alexander the Great ordering Syrian settlements in t...
- Hello Peter Van Gorder, welcome aboard. You can count on me for the project and I have valuable information to share with from my...
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Objectives
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