Monday, July 16, 2007

I am of Mongolian descent?

July 16th, 2007 was a special day for two reasons: it officially marked the end of my 3-year Spanish learning and on the same day when I went to see a dentist for dental scaling, he told me that I may be of Mongolian descent since I have oral tori, a genetic legacy from Mongols according to the dentist.

This probably explains why I find Japanese familiar to me (even though whether Japanese belongs to Altaic family is still disputed).

I'm beginning to find intriguing the interplay between genetics, anthropology and historical linguistics...

3 comments:

Betty said...

Tony might be Mongolian...
so COOL!!!!!!
then you should act tougher ^________^
kinda curious what vegetarian Mongolians eat...

Ruby said...

haha!!我開始想向東尼學長 在青青草原上
快馬奔馳 為了蒙古包裡的妻女努力討生活
傍晚帶著獵物回來 妻子端給你一杯香濃的犛牛奶 太有意思啦!

TJ said...

Yeah, it's so surreal. I wonder whether my ancestors fought for Genghis Khan if I am truly of Mongolian descent.

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