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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: Attila the Hun
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 14:33:14 -0500


Kaare Albert Lie wrote:

> Hmmm .... I have noted that he had (at least) two sons, Chaba and
> Ellak. From Chaba goes the line Edus, Vegecus, Elendus, Almus,
> Ugyck, Almos, Arpad, Zoltan, Toksun, Michael of Hungary, etc.
>
> (Written down years ago, when I was very sloppy with sources -
> sorry!)
>
> Probably highly legendarian, at least before Arpad.
>
> Any comments?
>

There is no reason even to think that the Magyars, to which Arpad
belonged, and the Huns were connected in any way. In a Hungarian source
I have seen (but could not read anything but the chart) there is a line
tracing a few generations back of Almos, but I don't think the names are
the same as yours.

ta

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