I love Zhelaizhai so much. The ancestral lares smile upon them!

Genetic testing in 2005 revealed that 56% of the DNA of some Zhelaizhai residents could be classified as Caucasoid but did not determine their origins. A subsequent DNA study in 2007 found that "paternal genetic variation" did not support "a Roman mercenary origin" and that the modern population of Liqian was consistent genetically with it being a "subgroup of the Chinese majority Han."

Considering that the Romans themselves regarded ancestors as a matter of respect and acknowledgement rather than direct bloodline descent, I think they get a pass just by paying their dues to their GOOD, PROPER, ROMAN ancestors o7

tbf, even a handful (instead of a large amount) of Roman veterans carted east by the Persians and then resettled after being captured by China would make the legend technically true, just not meaningfully traceable.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhelaizhai

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