My brother, Lorenzo, spent two years in Italy, tracing our family tree. Because Catholic Churches have kept meticulous records over centuries, he was able to reach into the eleventh century, before being called away.

During those days of his search, it was assumed that Italians, other than those of the upper north and very south, including Sicily, of course, were pure, unmixed people.

Now, however, we know that was a false assumption.

In my own life, my dearest friend, who is Ashkenazi, on her mother’s side, and I seem to have a strong blood affinity. The science of genetics has now established a genetic connection between Ashkenazi female genetics and those of southern Italian men!

The occult tradition in my family has been quietly handed down, indicating that we have Etruscan ancestry. Thus, my ancestry may include Phoenician, Egyptian, Greek and Atlantean bloodlines, as well as Etruscan.

Historical legends tell us that way before the last remnant of Atlantis sank below the sea, the Mediterranean was a harbor for Atlantean culture, commerce, and colonization. This might account for the “sudden fully advanced Egyptian civilization, culture, science and religion.”

Who knew that genealogy could be so interesting?

Raphael O’Suna
Ha‘ikū