Carla,   Jerusalem was a part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire until World War I when it was cut into smaller countries and protectorates of Britain and France. England got Palestine and France got Lebenon. After oil was discovered in Iraq British Petroleum (BP) got the lion's share of licenses for developing the oil wells. The "Holy Land" is what Christians have called the area where Jesus lived. It is not the name of a city or a country. Greece is nowhere near The Holy Land.    The Pages were British. Any DNA from a Page in that area might have come from that of a Crusader during the Middle Ages, from 1095 to 1270. But that's stretching it. You need to look at a map.    Dori --- On Wed, 8/12/09, LAFON2RED@aol.com <LAFON2RED@aol.com> wrote: From: LAFON2RED@aol.com <LAFON2RED@aol.com> Subject: Re: [PAGE] rex page dna direct match with a man over in greece originally fro... To: page@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 5:14 AM Turkey could never be a part of Jerusalem.  Jerusalem is a city.   Turkey is a country in Asia. In a message dated 8/11/2009 10:38:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  carla_page39@yahoo.com writes: okay,i  have a question?my cousin rex terry page,s dna is a direct match with a man  that lives over in greece,which used to be a part of the holy land,and is also  a match with a man by the name of "yisrael"what does this mean? i,ve been  watching alot of programs on the science channel about the holy land,does this  mean we go back thousands upon thousands of years or are we somehow connected  to the holy land to present day.rex has been intouch with the man over in  greece,the man used to live in turkey when he was a boy during the days of  w.w.2,he says the part of turkey where he was born was a part of jeruselam.i  think it,s neat that rex and i have a direct dna match going back over to the  holy land.could my edward page have immigrated to this country or maybe his  ancestors? can someone answer this question for me? what implications does  this have? does this mean that my page family has connections to the biblical  days? please,i would love some answers to this question where i can  understand it.        thankyou in  advance ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list,  please send an email to PAGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe'  without the quotes in the subject and the body of the  message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message