sLiPpY
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Having spent the past four years, as sort of a hobby...researching the evolution of global religions, albeit with a primary focus on pre-Christian Indo-European. Recognize several items mentioned, by the individual being interviewed as reasonably true, without having to break open a search engine.
Persia is where my paternal ancestors were from. During the Zarathustra period. They moved to Rome after the 7th Century, to escape the invading Arabs. Rome eventually turned into a crap hole, so they moved up to the Swiss-German Alps, over to England for the War of the Roses in the late 1400's.
What fascinates me is the figure of Mitra. That evolved into the cult of Mithra for the Romans, and their temples were often built near Christian structures in England. Or, exploring Joytish, and noticing I was born under the sign of Anurada Nakshatra...where Shani is the lord, but Mitra is the energetically assigned deity.
Religion is a funny thing. Evolving as peoples encounter, conquer, merge ideas, etc. Aspects of Zarathustra, I recognize as mirroring and being preserved in Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism. Decades ago, I would have had quite a bit of difficulty accepting that notion, so ok with me...if other's find the thought disagreeable.
Similar, to anyone who has seriously studied Judaism through a purely historical lens. There were several interesting "morphs" along the way. I won't go into, but it largely mirrors what was going on both pre-, during and post- the Hellenization periods...all over the globe.
I suppose, the subconscious root of my search, which includes conventional methods, along with three differing DNA explorations...was most likely rooted in hearing the phrase 'God of my Fathers' which appears in the Bible, not once, but 42 times. Sure, carry a bit of European Jewish DNA as well from one of the mother's on the maternal side.
On a side note, tradition had been dad's line was Norman. Sure, there's Scandi DNA as well, but turned out our surname was adopted after the Switzer died in England, during the Anglicization period. Which kind of "bizarre" to be 55 percent "Swiss" when our family has been here since 1631, and the Swiss actively discouraged immigration to the US...until around 1840.