01-05-2010, 09:29 AM
Hello and Namaste my Proud Indian Brothers!
Im a Roma and i take pride in my indian origins. I looked for a indian pride/nationalist forum and found yours, im glad to be here.
There is a connection between Roma People and Jatt People
Connection with Romani people
There have been various speculative papers and books written[30] regarding the Jat and Romani people (also known as Gypsies).[31] There are serological[32] similarities shared with several populations that linked the two people in a 1992 study.[33][34]
In 2007 a limited medical survey of haplotypes frequently found in the Jat Sikhs and Jats of Haryana, and the Romani populations resulted in no matches.[35] However, the recent discovery in 2009 of the "Jat mutation" that causes a type of glaucoma in Romani people. The press release from Leeds University states:
"An international collaboration led by Manir Ali of the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, first identified the ââ¬ËJattââ¬â¢ mutation in one of four Pakistani families. Further study amongst Roma populations in Europe showed that the same mutation accounted for nearly half of all cases of PCG [Primary congenital glaucoma] in that community. Manir Aliââ¬â¢s research also confirms the widely accepted view that the Roma originated from the Jatt clan of Northern India and Pakistan and not from Eastern Europe as previously believed."[36][37][38]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jat_people#...ani_people
Im a Roma and i take pride in my indian origins. I looked for a indian pride/nationalist forum and found yours, im glad to be here.
There is a connection between Roma People and Jatt People
Connection with Romani people
There have been various speculative papers and books written[30] regarding the Jat and Romani people (also known as Gypsies).[31] There are serological[32] similarities shared with several populations that linked the two people in a 1992 study.[33][34]
In 2007 a limited medical survey of haplotypes frequently found in the Jat Sikhs and Jats of Haryana, and the Romani populations resulted in no matches.[35] However, the recent discovery in 2009 of the "Jat mutation" that causes a type of glaucoma in Romani people. The press release from Leeds University states:
"An international collaboration led by Manir Ali of the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, first identified the ââ¬ËJattââ¬â¢ mutation in one of four Pakistani families. Further study amongst Roma populations in Europe showed that the same mutation accounted for nearly half of all cases of PCG [Primary congenital glaucoma] in that community. Manir Aliââ¬â¢s research also confirms the widely accepted view that the Roma originated from the Jatt clan of Northern India and Pakistan and not from Eastern Europe as previously believed."[36][37][38]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jat_people#...ani_people