After Church history Association of India (CHAI) and its Secretary George Menanchery came up with claims that Chitpavan Brahmins, Tulu Brahmins and Namputhiri Brahmins of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala have Jewish ancestry which has been proved by church DNA profiling, it is the Hindu Ezhava community that has been targeted. DNA profiling by students of Sri Buddha Engineering college, Pandalam has made up claims that Hindu Ezhava community of Kerala have Mediterranean(European) and West Asian ancestry proved by DNA profiling.(The Hindu 27-09-2011 Thiruvananthapuram Edition ) The common factor that has united church DNA and engineering college students is the common background raised by them . They have claimed that Roman-Greece Turkish and Mediterranean traders have visited Muziris and the West Asian ancestry by Ezhavas and Brahmins have been obtained through sea trade ie Pattanam. The Church history Association of India (CHAI) and Mar Gregorios study forum organised a talk on Pattanam which was presented by P.J.Cherian at Malankara Orthodox church.
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