claim: The Romani people originated in Eastern China.
evidence: Lines of Vasilyevsky Island -LRB- Rus .. Vasilyevsky Island. Vasilyevsky Island. plural linii линии , singular liniya -LRB- also linia -RRB- линия `` a line '' -RRB- is a group of streets in a part -LRB- called Vasilyevsky Island -RRB- of downtown Saint Petersburg , Russia , and their mostly numeric names atypical for the rest of the modern Saint Petersburg .. Vasilyevsky Island. Vasilyevsky Island