Question: I've heard that the Queen of England is a maternal descendant of China's Shang Dynasty and therefore she and the entire royal family of England are part-Chinese. Is this true?
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2007-11-20 03:15:53 · 14 answers · asked by peacenegotiator 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
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Rachelle Cadence said: How could the Queen be "part-Chinese?” Even if her maternal side of the family originated from the Shang Dynasty which existed between 1600 BC - ca. 1046* BC, that was thousands of years ago before her birth. If we all followed your theory...
This is a fact that the royal family of England does have Chinese blood in their veins and ancestry! Someone did the research a while back and uncovered this little insignificant thing. The reason why I asked this question is because I don't remember who posted it and I, myself, was not able to research the matter. So, does anyone know for 10 points and honors?
Many people in the Western world look down at Chinese. That Chinese are lesser than human, merely prejudice on the part of some people, so to their surprise the Queen of England, their Queen, is part-Chinese. Their royal blood is tainted with heathen blood and they just don't want to admit to it!
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2007-11-21 23:09:42 · update #1
I have no doubt that Elizabeth can trace her ancestry back to William the Conqueror and Charlemagne, but the Shang Dynasty was between 1600 and 1046 BC!
P. S. I've found a reference to which you may be referring:
http://www.monarchist.ca/archives/ethnic.htm
Incidentally, the Tang Dynasty (CE 618 to 907) is a tad bit earlier than the Shang Dynasty. Of course, since the Red Guard destroyed lots of documents during the Cultural Revolution between 1966 to 1976, this trivia probably can't be verified.
2007-11-20 13:28:24 · answer #1 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is unlikely, since the Shnag Dynasty began around 1600 BC and that wasn't even the first Chinese dynasty which just goes to show how old Chinese civilisation is. However back to the main subject. It's highly unlikely especially if you look at British history and see how quickly kings and queens kicked the bucket from disease, war etc, and the English monarchy was constantly displaced and replaced with new families. Even if they did have Chinese descent, they'd never admit it. I can't see an Asian/African/Hispanic person marrying into the royal family anytime soon either.
2007-11-23 00:13:53 · answer #2 · answered by xander24a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How could the Queen be "part-Chinese?” Even if her maternal side of the family originated from the Shang Dynasty which existed between 1600 BC - ca. 1046 BC, that was thousands of years ago before her birth. If we all followed your theory, then I guess we are all "part-African" according to the “Mitochondrial Eve” theory. Mitochondrial Eve is the name given by researchers to the woman who is defined as the matrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) for all living humans. Passed down from mothers to offspring for over a hundred thousand years, her mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is now found in all living humans: every mtDNA in every living person is derived from hers. She is believed to have lived about 140,000 years ago in what is now Ethiopia, Kenya or Tanzania.
The Queen and the royal family is of German descent starting from King George I of Great Britian, who was a German Prince and a distant cousin of Queen Anne, the last English monarch to rule Great Britian from the House of Stewart. As for the question of whether the Queen may have any “chinese ancestry” through her material side of the family is highly unlikely. Even if she did have “chinese ancestry” she would not be considered “part-chinese” since neither of her parents were Chinese for one, and her great-great-great maternal grandmother was Frances Webb (1775 - 1862) and she was an English woman through and through.
2007-11-20 12:38:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
For a commence she isn't the Queen of england, she is the Queen of super Britain, and the Commonwealth. England is one united states in unison with Scotland, Wales and northern eire known simply by fact the united kingdom of super Britain. And what precisely is preposterous with regard to the Queens visual charm? for a woman in her 1880s, i think of she looks in remarkably sturdy shape. What do you anticipate her to look like at that age? A attractiveness queen?
2016-09-29 21:30:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. There's German blood, no Chinese, in the Royal Family. They changed their German name to Windsor when Fascism took hold of most of Europe.
2007-11-20 03:21:03 · answer #5 · answered by jenesuispasunnombre 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I guess we would haveto draw some of her royal blue blood and do a spot of DNA testing for this one, cheers.
2007-11-20 09:41:48 · answer #6 · answered by quob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope- German- and Prince Phillip is Greek
2007-11-20 13:58:49 · answer #7 · answered by Emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't have one drop of Chinese blood in them.
2007-11-20 06:22:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
im not sure but i do know that her cousin was the Kaisers of Germany during WW1
2007-11-20 03:23:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No she isn`t. Prince Philip is of German ancestry.
2007-11-20 03:23:46 · answer #10 · answered by Hamish 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋