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A Plantagenet’s genetic revenge?

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We all know how the Plantagenet genes of Richard’s three nieces were hijacked by Henry VII and his relatives (John Viscount Welles was his uncle and Sir Richard Pole was the Weasel’s first cousin) in the immediate aftermath of Bosworth. It took over four centuries for a “Plantagenet” man to marry a “Tudor” woman.

This wedding took place on 28 February 1922. The bride was Mary Princess Royal; only daughter of George V and the groom was Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood. He was descended from the 1st Earl and Anne Challenor, descendant of Sir William Hilton and Sybil Lumley. Sybil Lumley’s father was Sir Thomas and his mother is now widely held to be the daughter of Edward IV.

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5 responses to “A Plantagenet’s genetic revenge?”

  1. The Real Treasures of Harewood | murreyandblue

    […] Follow it into the woods. You should see a tunnel; go through it and you are on a direct route to Harewood Castle, founded by Sir William Aldeburgh in 1366. (Aldeburgh only had two daughters who married into the […]

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  2. The Real Treasures of Harewood | murreyandblue

    […] Follow it into the woods. You should see a tunnel; go through it and you are on a direct route to Harewood Castle, founded by Sir William Aldeburgh in 1366. (Aldeburgh only had two daughters who married into the […]

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  3. Royal genealogy before it happens (3) | murreyandblue

    […] document shows that Lady Georgiana was descended from the first Earl of Harewood, Edward Lascelles, whose wife was descended through the Bowes and Lumley lines from Edward […]

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    If Richard III was a paternal Plantagenet. The Plantagenets are a R-M269 haplo group. Richard III’s paternal haplo group is G-P287. Which renders Richard far removed from the Plantagenet legend they were descendants of Joseph of Arimathea. They are descendants of Joseph but “of Arimathea” needs some work.
    King Tutankhamun’s great grandfather on his grandmother’s side, was Yuya, and the alleged Joseph of Genesis. Dr. Zahi Hawass published a study in 2010 the DNA findings of Tut’s family. Yuya seems to be a father of Europe, which R-M269 is quite popular there and in America when comparing SNPs found in Tutankhamun’s family to the NIST.gov database.
    The Plantagenets are descendants of semitic Egyptians, however, this moves back the time Joseph of Arimathea is believed to exist.
    Seems there only one Joseph and two different stories.
    To this day, is the father that determines tribal affiliation, and through yDNA, never the mom, unless your are like my 21st ggf and take your wife’s surname to retain her family’s lands.

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  5. The treasures of the West Riding – murreyandblue

    […] soon afterwards, descended from the Lumleys who included a daughter of Edward IV. The sixth Earl married Mary, daughter of George V and made Princess Royal, whilst the eighth Earl now resides here, being […]

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