Katherine Griffis-Greenberg Wrote:
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> Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> I tend to think that this reliance on genetic
> testing "clearing everything up" is something of a
> tease which may lead nowhere. I suspect we will
> still be debating which mummy is who even IF an
> mtDNA line could be established. All one has to
> do is look at Dodson's book on royal families to
> see we have myriad amounts of princes and
> princesses, who could easily be connected with
> certain kings/queens, and still not be the king or
> queen one hopes it to be.
>

I don't have to read Dodson's book to find out how convoluted it can be. I've been trying to unravel my own families geneology and certain events that took place about 60-80 years ago. It's mind boggling complex in fact it makes look like a cool refreshing desert oasis in comparison. Thanks to Kat some of it is coming into focus.

> Something to think about.
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> * On the issue of unknown royal sons of the 18th
> Dynasty, see
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> Dodson, A. 1990. Crown prince Djhutmose and the
> royal sons of the Eighteenth Dynasty. JEA 76:
> 87-96.
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> Other Reference:
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> Dodson, A. and D. Hilton. 2004. The Complete Royal
> Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames and
> Hudson.
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> HTH.
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> Katherine Griffis-Greenberg
>
> Oriental Institute
> Oriental Studies Doctoral Program
> Oxford University
> Oxford, United Kingdom
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