In a message dated 7/19/10 10:09:38 AM, revenant1963@yahoo.com writes: > Groups suggested as origin points for this influence include the ancient > Vikings, Libyans, Irish, etc. There is a variety of evidence arrayed to > support these claims, including alphabetical, linguistic, lexicographical, > archaeological, and semantic. > > This is interesting.  Many years ago in one of my "other lives" I ran a hotel in Texas owned by a family of 3 brothers from Libya.  They more or less adopted me, calling me "Little Sis" because of the Libyan/Native American theory.  I actually look more Indian (or did more so when I was younger and my hair was almost black, long and very Indian straight).  Anyway, they told me that Khadafi (sp?) was trying to "import" Native Americans to bring them back into the fold, so to speak.  I don't know where that theory came from and I don't know how much success he had convincing anyone to move there, but it was in fact a theory embraced by the Libyans at least for a time.  Interestingly I saw very little in the middle eastern appearance that resembled Native American other than coloring.  Their hair was curly for the most part, statures rather short and round.  And facial features more rounded. But, of course, there were many generations (centuries of them) between the time the natives were supposed to have left that area and found the Americas, which were not the Americas at the time...so, who knows. Lou Ann