My Great Great Grandfather

Digging Through The Family Roots... In Chennai.

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November 10th 2008
A couple of years ago I discovered that my family has some strong connections with India. In fact I’d been given a faint hint some years earlier that India may be the reason for my somewhat dark and ‘eastern’ appearance. Through some newly discovered relatives from my grandfather’s side our family began to piece together some blanks and for the first time take an active interest in our Ind ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more