Do I have Jewish roots?

[StonyArabia]

Bedouin_Nor 0.2653 Armenian 0.6745 Hazara 0.0602 or

Adygei 0.3006 Bedouin_Nor 0.3732 Armenian 0.3263 or

Egyptian 0.2263 Armenian 0.7141 Hazara 0.0596 or

Bedouin_Nor 0.3509 Turkish 0.4053 Georgian 0.2438 or

Bedouin_Nor 0.2742 Armenian 0.6739 S_India 0.0519 or

Bedouin_Nor 0.2802 Armenian 0.6605 N_India 0.0593 or

Bedouin_Nor 0.2946 Armenian 0.6155 Pathan 0.0898 or

Bedouin_Nor 0.2863 Armenian 0.6358 Sindhi 0.0779 or

Bedouin_Nor 0.2714 Turkish 0.3814 Armenian 0.3472 or

Bedouin_Nor 0.3735 Iranian 0.3053 Georgian 0.3211 or

Bedouin_Nor 0.2648 Iranian 0.2765 Armenian 0.4587 or

Adygei 0.4712 Jewish 0.0896 Bedouin_Nor 0.4392 or

Adygei 0.4567 Sephardic 0.1387 Bedouin_Nor 0.4046

It fits my ancestry very well that's mcDonald costume fit. I don't know where the Hazara came from but the Kavkazian ethnicities make sense, but yeah. My maternal line does descent from Arabian Jews of the Kindah kingdom. Or can someone explain these costume fits and what they mean.

[StonyArabia]

Maybe this why I felt some kind of affinity toward Judaism LOL

[Anglojew]

Probably a Mossad sleeper agent. When I call and say "Shalom" in the right tone you'll remember your mission.

[StonyArabia]

Probably a Mossad sleeper agent. When I call and say "Shalom" in the right tone you'll remember your mission.

This reminds me of this

http://s23.postimg.org/xo4y0muyj/Bedouin_IDF1949.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/ot43q465z/full/)

[Also]

Mazel Tov!

[Anglojew]

Your mother looks Jewish. I bet she's just a regular Yemeni Jew (descended from the Judean tribes that settled in Arabia) who assimilated.

[Dictator]

Your mother looks Jewish. I bet she's just a regular Yemeni Jew (descended from the Judean tribes that settled in Arabia) who assimilated.

Nabatea's "new" new religion: Judaism.

[Yehiel]

There is no way to tell if your simply Jewish by Gedmatch, the only way for certain to tell is if on 23andme your related to Jews, if you want we can see if we are related through Gedmatch.

[Teyrn]

I saw this thread title and I thought 'Oh wtf is Hesslink at it again?' :rotfl:

[StonyArabia]

There is no way to tell if your simply Jewish by Gedmatch, the only way for certain to tell is if on 23andme your related to Jews, if you want we can see if we are related through Gedmatch.

I am related to several Syrian and Yemenite Jews. I will pm you my Kit number on there.

[Sikeliot]

Yemenite Jews are Arabian converts.. genetically identical to other Yemenis except for less SSA.

[Mortimer]

what does your 23andme say, do you have the ashkenazi widget? "it looks like you have some jewish ancestry..." box
but i think you could very well be mizrahi jew/yemenite jew which wouldnt show up on 23andme

also there is a function on gedmatch where you can see in which calculators you get a jewish population, just type in "jewish" or "sephardi jewish"

[Wild North]

As you are half-Circassian; a few Circassians converted to Judaism. There are Jewish Circassians in Israel.

[StonyArabia]

Yemenite Jews are Arabian converts.. genetically identical to other Yemenis except for less SSA.

Actually Yemenite highlanders are pred-Caucasoid and not much different from Yemenite Jews. However Yemenite Jews are genetically very close to ethnic Saudis, then they are to the coastal Yemenites, in fact the Yemenite Jews cluster quite close with ethnic Saudis. There was and is a Saudi Jewish community not many people know about them, most assimilated to the Yemenite community, though few keep their distinct identity but still identity as Southern Jews from what I have been told.


As you are half-Circassian; a few Circassians converted to Judaism. There are Jewish Circassians in Israel.

This is true, though I think my Jewish scores probably come from my maternal side, interestingly since I do have Yemenite Jewish relatives as well matches, and Syrian one as well. At one time Judaism was the major religion of the Caucasus, due to the adoption of it by Khan Bulan of the Khazars. The Khazars concentrated in the Caucasus region, but their origins to this day is debated, personally I believe they were Adyghe like similar to Karachay and Balkars who also claim to descent partially from the Khazars.

[Maleficent]

Nabatea: No I do not believe you have Jewish roots.

[Wild North]

This is true, though I think my Jewish scores probably come from my maternal side, interestingly since I do have Yemenite Jewish relatives as well matches, and Syrian one as well. At one time Judaism was the major religion of the Caucasus, due to the adoption of it by Khan Bulan of the Khazars. The Khazars concentrated in the Caucasus region, but their origins to this day is debated, personally I believe they were Adyghe like similar to Karachay and Balkars who also claim to descent partially from the Khazars.

It´s very well known that the Khazars converted to Judaism. But it may be much less known, to what degree the mountain peoples of Northern Caucasus did convert to Judaism, of course originally they had their own native creed. In the Caucasus there are "indigenous" Jewish groups, so called Mountain Jews and Georgian Jews.. Are they converted autochtonous locals or "original" Jews that migrated to the Caucasus?
And Circassians before they became Muslims, were there Christians among them? Recently I learned that the Genoese (that had colonies on the Black Sea coast) spread catholicism among them.. True?