Comments on: Florida Accountant a Genghis Khan Descendant

By: Vivre La Différence » Accountants and Auditors

Vivre La Différence » Accountants and Auditors — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:57:00 +0000

[...] The general requirement is a four year degree, usually in accounting itself or a related subject, plus a variety of State and or professional body exams to qualify. There are those who appear a little more exciting though, as Outside the Beltway records: the first caucasian known to be a direct descendant of Genghis Khan happens to be an Accounting Professor in Florida. accountant accounting actuaries genghis khan management personality test [...]

By: The Unabrewer

The Unabrewer — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:53:10 +0000

From the story: "How this chromosome came to be so prominent was that when he conquered new territory Genghis Khan would kill the men and routinely inseminate all the women." I think most would call that rape, wouldn't they?

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:41:28 +0000

Anderson:

Yes, quite. I'd say old GK was quite high on the list of historic bad guys.

Of course, writing in the middle of the night because I couldn't sleep, the John Kerry thing amused me to no end.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:21:35 +0000

It says something about general ignorance of history that anyone is "pleasantly surprised" to be descended from Genghis Khan rather than Hitler.

At least he's not kin to Ann Coulter.