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Banning DNA tests, communist mindset in action?

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Imperialist

Posted: December 28, 2012 05:40 pm

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Here is the former Culture Minister's explanation for banning the DNA testing of the bodies of Wallachian and Moldavian princes/voievozi:

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"Poate că pentru ştiinţă ar fi importantă prelevarea de ADN, dar, din respect pentru ceea ce au reprezentat domnitorii Ţării Româneşti, nu pot fi de acord cu prelevarea de ADN. Este important că aceşti domnitori au marcat istoria naţională şi prea puţin important dacă au avut sau nu o ascendenţă cumană. În calitate de ministru, am dat dispoziţiile necesare pentru a se opri prelevarea de ADN şi pentru a verifica cercetarea ştiinţifică în ansamblul ei"

http://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/hasot...rabilor-9793066

It's mindboggling!

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bansaraba	Posted: December 28, 2012 07:29 pm
Sergent Group: Members Posts: 184 Member No.: 2196 Joined: July 20, 2008	It would have been more useful to the Romanian history to establish the kinship of the occupant of tomb nr. 10 at Curtea de Arges to Mircea cel Batran. Provided that the few bones left in the tomb at Cozia are Mircea's. This way, we would probably know for sure if the skeleton is of Radu I or Vladislav I.

udar	Posted: December 28, 2012 11:15 pm
Plutonier Group: Members Posts: 281 Member No.: 354 Joined: September 24, 2004	Hmm, apparently there was already made studies on Moldavian "domnitori" (Musatinii) http://www.ziuaveche.ro/stiinta-it/stiinta...nilor-9203.html <Acelaşi lucru a fost dovedit şi prin cercetările genetice ale doamnei Georgeta Cardoş, cercetător ştiinţific biolog la Institutul Naţional de Cercetare “Victor Babeş”, care a investigat mormintele domnitorilor moldoveni de la Rădăuţi. Geneticienii au demonstrat astfel că urmaşii lui Bogdan I nu erau cumani, aşa cum susţineau recent unii istorici din ţara noastră.>

Victor	Posted: December 29, 2012 08:40 am
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	I don't have Neagu Djuvara's book at hand right now, but as far as I recall the discussion regarding the Cuman origin of the princes was not about Moldavia, but about Wallachia.

Radub	Posted: December 29, 2012 09:22 am
General de corp de armata Group: Members Posts: 1670 Member No.: 476 Joined: January 23, 2005	What do they expect to prove with such "DNA tests"? There was a similar study before www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041803 Radu This post has been edited by Radub on December 29, 2012 09:26 am

MMM

Posted: December 29, 2012 05:14 pm

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QUOTE (Victor @ December 29, 2012 11:40 am)

I don't have Neagu Djuvara's book at hand right now, but as far as I recall the discussion regarding the Cuman origin of the princes was not about Moldavia, but about Wallachia.

Indeed! The book is mainly about Thoctomer ("Negru-Vodă") and there aren't references to the territory of the future Moldavia (or the "marks" in there) - which, btw, in the period in discussion, wasn't even mentioned!

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