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Scythians c. 100 BC. The
Parthians were also a branch of the Scythians.
NOTES:
Cimmerian (Gamir) or Scythian (Ashkuz) origins have been claimed for numerous modern peoples of Europe and Asia, from Ireland to Cambodia:
- Irish / Scottish: tradition of Gaelic speech / ogam writing being invented by Fenius Farsa in "Scythia" a few years after the Tower fell. Name 'Scot' said to derive from 'Scythians' who migrated via Spain. Picts said to have been a branch of the Agathyrsi Scythians.
- Welsh: traditionally descended from Gomer (Cymru), father of Ashkenaz (this name itself being a probable Heb. misreading of orig. name "Ashkuz".)
- French: Franks' king-line traced through the Sicambri to the Cimmerians
- Teutonic peoples: traditions of certain foundational Germanic groups (besides the Franks) to Scythia, notably the Saxons (< Sacae?) and Cimbri (< Cimmerians?). Saxons, in A-S Chronicle, said to have returned to 'Scythia' (mainland) for reinforcements when invading Britain. Original homeland of English - 'Angul' or 'Ongul' (a place in Denmark) ("the Oghgul race" in Nennius). Coincidentally, 'Ongul' sounds like the name of numerous other peoples of likely Scythian descent - stretching east even to Korea.
- Hungarians: name 'Hungary' thought to drive from 'Onogurs'. Traditions speak of descent from Scythians, as well as Magor and Hunor; some old chronicles indicate these two are sons of Japheth (Magor = Magog; Hunor possibly 'Gomer'?).
- Serbs / Croats: assimilated Slavs, but descendants of the Alans, who came from the Massagetae and Sarmatians, who were apparently a hybrid of Scythians. Poles also have some traditions of Sarmatian origin.
- Bulgarians / Macedonians: assimilated Slavs, but ancestors were latest wave of Turkic peoples to settle in Europe from the steppes.
- Turkic peoples: Nearly all branches are 'Oghuz'; likely connection to 'Ashkuza' or 'Ishguz' - Assyrian names for Scyths. Other branches include Kazakhs (Saks) and the Siberian people still known as Sakha (the Yakuts).
- Ossetians
- Jat people of Punjab, India.
- Marathas of India
- Chitpavan or Kokanastha Brahmins of India, according to a paper published by the National DNA Analysis Center in Kolkata, India. Click on http://genomebiology.com/content/pdf/gb-2005-6-8-p10.pdf to read the entire paper.
- Gujjars who gave their name to Gujarat, India
- The clan of Kambojas were also apparently of Scytho-Iranian origin, and migrated across South Asia, giving their one of their names, Ashvana, to Afghans and even as far away as the royal line of Cambodia.
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