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benignuman: Interesting- hadn’t heard that.

I’d already had some serious issues with that theory, as you may have picked up.

It’s interesting, though- you know the kohen gene? So apparently it follows through as far as kohanim go, showing a common ancestor of all kohanim at around the time of Aharon haKohen, but it seems that there is no such commonality for leviim. Which is strange, as logically, shouldn’t it be the same gene since Aharon is a patrilineal descendant of Levi?

Then again, the number of leviim would logically be greater than the number of kohanim and their role without a Bais HaMikdash is less defined, meaning that a mutation is more likely to gunk up the works and that leviim are more likely to lose track of their identity, which could lead to non-leviim self-identifying as leviim and leviim not knowing what they are.

Just my musings, for what they’re worth.

rationalfrummie: I also dumped half the spice cabinet in… 🙂 But I do definitely recommend adding BBQ sauce. I like Original flavor, but my dad likes Bold. I also tend to put in garlic when I do BBQ sauce, which gives it a kind of a sweetish spicyish flavor that’s really, really amazing.