Adolf Hitler, one of the most looked down upon individuals in world history, for the right reasons, has been found to have possible roots belonging to Jews as well as Africans. The man who was responsible for the extermination of over 6 million Jews during World War II, as well as numerous other “subhuman,” races may have shared the genetic makeup and roots of those people he despised.

Over 39 saliva samples had been taken from ancestors of the German Fuhrer. Under careful laboratory conditions, research was done in Belgium, that indicated that the chromosome called Haplogroup E1b1b1 was present in his ancestors. This chromosome is most commonly found in the Berbers of Morocco, and Algeria, and also among Sephardic Jews. Haplogroup E1b1b1, in fact, appears to be one of the major founding lineages of Jews.

This isn’t the first link to Jewish roots that Hitler has been associated with. His very own father, Alois Hitler was thought to be the offspring of a 19 year old Jewish man name Frankenberger. The discovery is yet another one that goes to show how ironic the ideas and philosophies of the dictator really were.