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Durek Verrett AKA Shaman Durek
Sparks:
Now for his ancestry, especially the alleged Norwegian part of it. It's quite confusing. A few links:
http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2019/05/princess-martha-louise-announces-she-is.html
https://en.theprincessandtheshaman.com/
"Shaman Durek is half Norwegian, but has never been in Norway before, and Princess Märtha Louise invited him to join her to share his wisdom with the people of the North."
https://www.f-b.no/kultur-underholdning/gamlebyen/gamlebyen-kulturhus/m-rthas-nye-kjareste-mormor-er-fra-fredrikstad/s/5-
"I en video på Instagram forteller den amerikanske sjamanen Durek Verrett at hans mormor er født i Fredrikstad …"
Translation:
"In an Instagram video the American shaman Durek Verrett relates that his mother's mother was born in Fredrikstad [Norway] …"
https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/norge/2019/05/23/195580285/sjaman-dureks-oldemor-fodt-pa-sagene
"Sjaman Dureks oldemor født på Sagene — Slektsforskere har nå funnet ut av de norske familiebåndene til prinsesse Märtha Louises nye kjæreste, Durek Verrett. – Han er en åttendedel norsk, sier Elin Galtung Lihaug."
Translation:
"Shaman Durek's great-grandmother born at Sagene [in Oslo, Norway] — Genealogists have now found the Norwegian family ties of Princess Märta Louise's new boyfriend. - He is one eighth Norwegian, says Elin Galting Lihaug."
So from one half to one fourth to one eighth Norwegian in a few days. The last article points to a long genealogical discussion (ten pages on my screen), started by the above named genealogist:
https://forum.arkivverket.no/topic/233904-durek-david-verrett-%E2%80%93-norske-aner-p%C3%A5-morssiden/
"Durek David Verrett – norske aner på morssiden?"
Translation: "Durek David Verrett - Norwegian ancestry on his mother's side?"
However, the conclusion (at page 10 on my screen) of that long and intricate discussion so far is this:
--- Quote ---in other words, and as Neil is stating: For all practical purposes, Oscar Farmer must be assumed to be the grandfather. This is obviously the most likely candidate, at least in the absence of any other evidence.
it may simply mean that the family history later on conflated the "step grand-father" and the "real" grand-father, and this may be where the supposed Norwegian ancestry came in. So although there may not be any biological links to Norway, it may still have contributed to the family lore.
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My bolding. This conclusion (no Norwegian ancestry) is supported by much evidence on the preceding pages.
Sparks:
--- Quote from: Sparks on August 26, 2020, 01:16:25 am ---https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/norge/2019/05/23/195580285/sjaman-dureks-oldemor-fodt-pa-sagene
"Sjaman Dureks oldemor født på Sagene — Slektsforskere har nå funnet ut av de norske familiebåndene til prinsesse Märtha Louises nye kjæreste, Durek Verrett. – Han er en åttendedel norsk, sier Elin Galtung Lihaug."
Translation:
"Shaman Durek's great-grandmother born at Sagene [in Oslo, Norway] — Genealogists have now found the Norwegian family ties of Princess Märta Louise's new boyfriend. - He is one eighth Norwegian, says Elin Galting Lihaug."
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Apologizing for my typo in the translation bit. The genealogist's correct name is Elin Galtung Lihaug.
verity:
He was born Derek David Verrett, 17 Nov 1974, mother's maiden name Farmer, birth county Sacramento (California Birth Index via ancestry.com)
Parents:
David Benjamin Verrett Sr 1929 - 2017
Sheila G Farmer (aka Verushka Urquhart) 1943 -
The fraudulent services he offers include "Shamanic Feng Shui" and "Atlanean Crystal Healing". He also performs directing "invisible" acupuncturists who apply imaginary electricity.
verity:
--- Quote ---The conditions he heals are vast and varied – he has helped heal clients with cancer, fertility issues, dysfunctional behaviors, gastric problems, slipped discs and other spine injuries, nightmares, emotional depression, schizophrenia, addictions, and anger issues.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20101104130031/http://shamandurek.com/information/
From 2010, a classic huckster claim that he can heal cancer.
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2012, confirmation that he needed a kidney transplant, there was a fund raiser, and that his partner was Hank Greenberg. And that he is HIV+ - relevant because he claims miraculous "shamanic" abilities.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120510204216/http://www.indiegogo.com/Operation-Get-Shaman-Durek-A-Kidney
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His paternal aunt is Shirley Verrett, an American operatic singer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Verrett In her autobiography she writes that her mother (Derek Verrett's paternal grandmother) had been raised Catholic, strongly disapproved of the "negative arts" of Voodoo, and eventually joined the Seventh Day Adventists.
Derek Verrett does not have the "lineages of Haitian voodoo and indigenous Norwegian medicine" (2009 claim https://web.archive.org/web/20210305141552/https://www.laweekly.com/la-people-2009-urban-shaman-durek-verrett/ ) that he claims.
verity:
I'm making my way through this https://www.reddit.com/r/newsbotbot/comments/hm4vb1/nytimes_durek_verrett_friend_of_gwyneth_paltrow/ that was also posted earlier in this thread.
We can verify that he is a fraud, his paternal aunt is Shirley Verrett, he does not have "lineages of Haitian voodoo and indigenous Norwegian medicine", and that he needed a kidney transplant. His past partner at the time did state that Derek was HIV+. He has indeed changed his generation claims, sometimes he is 3rd generation, sometimes 6th etc.
I don't know if we can verify this:
--- Quote ---I know him personally and he molested many people close to me, males, all males, some underage. He needs to be arrested, he's a sexual predator who molested and continues to mollest many vulnerable people who come to him for healing, many are men, married and embarrassed, confused and ashamed at what happened so they don't want to speak up about it.
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I hope that anyone being victimized in this manner gets help from social services and also reports to law enforcement.
This is disturbing:
--- Quote --- In one moment he’s beating the crap out of my thighs, channeling an Inuit elder with a karmic bone to pick
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210305141552/https://www.laweekly.com/la-people-2009-urban-shaman-durek-verrett/
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