The DNA tests of King Tutankhamun, who lived more than three thousand years ago, showed that he belongs to a genetic haplogroup R1b1a2. Half of the population of Western Europe's men have the same haplogroup, in case of UK more than 70% of men are from R1b1a2 group. This means that they all had the same ancestor with Tutankhamun. Interestingly enough, only 1% of the population of Egyptian men population belongs to that DNA group.
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SOURCE: http://af.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idAFTRE7704OR20110801
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