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Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry Confirmed European by mtDNA Tests A recent study on mitochondrial DNA revealed that the female line of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry closely resembles that of Southern and Western Europe, rather than the ancient Near East, as many scholars proposed in the past
Ancient DNA Provides New Insights into Ashkenazi Jewish History Ashkenazi Jews had already acquired their main sources of genetic ancestry by the 14th century, including from Eastern Europe There was little change in those ancestry components in the 600 years that followed
Catalogue of mtdna Jewish branches Given the history of Ashkenazi, the distribution of mtdna haplogroups and the size of these branches, it seems likely that a significant part of these six branches descent from a European ancestor that became Jewish
Genetic studies of Jews - Wikipedia In the case of Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews (in particular Moroccan Jews), who are closely related, the source of non-Jewish genes is mainly southern European
Ashkenazi DNA: Unraveling the Genetic History of Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi Jews are a population of Jewish people who originate from Eastern Europe, particularly from present-day Germany, Poland, and Russia Their genealogy can be traced back several centuries, providing insights into their genetic heritage
Did Modern Jews Originate in Italy? | Science - AAAS Very few Ashkenazi mtDNAs could be traced to the Middle East The results not only conflict with the Ostrer and Behar results, but also with widespread assumptions about Jewish identity Jews have traditionally considered that the mother determines the ethnic identity of her children