We often read articles on Egypt, Assyria and Ancient Greece but we rarely hear much about the ancient civilization that predated these early civilizations. The Varna civilization around the Black Sea.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! My paternal grandfather was from Bulgaria, 135 miles west of Varna. He escaped to the US on a freighter when he was 17, working the coal mines in West Virginia up to a Beverly Hillbilly's dream (another story). He was short and stocky, dark-skinned with black hair, as was my father. There were occasional distainful whisperings of "like a gypsy!", but only Bulgarian was claimed.
I followed a rabbit trail from this article to another chain on Bulgarian genetic roots, and found what I had 'known' all my life - I am 25% GYPSY!! It is the dark-skinned Bulgarians (Greek, Persian, Afghan) who are Gypsy and drifted north into Romania, while the fair-skinned majority (Russian, Slav, Viking) set themselves apart and settled in the southern regions.
Oh yes, I have one of these:
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