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Published on Tuesday, May 06, 2008
By Jerry Berrios
CANYON COUNTRY_Dorothy Rosenberg's sister called her recently to give her some news about a long-lost relative - a really, really long-ago-lost relative.
Rosenberg, 80, who belongs to the Alaskan Tlingit tribe, learned through DNA testing that an iceman who died 200 to 300 years ago in the wilds of British Columbia is one of her ancestors.
The iceman could be a legendary Arctic trader celebrated in tribal lore. But even if he's not, the twenty-something man - found draped in squirrel pelts and wearing a hat made of roots - is being welcomed as kin by his California cousins.
"We are also Jewish," said Aaron Rosenberg, Dorothy Rosenberg's youngest son who lives in Hollywood. "We are the best of both tribes."
Three sheep hunters found the human remains in a melting glacier in 1999 on land in British Columbia, part of the traditional territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
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