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andre
06-25-2019, 01:13 PM
I state that I have never heard of Jews in my family. The only thing that made me a little suspect is my paternal grandmother who told me that her mother's mother was half Italian (on her mother's side) while her father identified herself as "transilvanian saxon" even though she was not (something very curious). In your opinion, how long did my Jewish ancestor live?
As for the 23andme relatives I have 100% Jewish cousins from the 3rd-Great-Grandparents.

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Figaro
06-25-2019, 01:20 PM
You likely have one AJ G-G-G-G grandparent or something like that. Northeastern Balkan’s does have some history of migrating Ashkenazim. A Bessarabian AJ perhaps?

23andme has a Very disproportionately high amount of American Jewish clientele. You only need a little true amount of AJ and nearly all or all your relatives on 23 will be reflecting your AJ side.
andre
06-25-2019, 01:23 PM
You likely have one AJ G-G-G-G grandparent or something like that. Northeastern Balkan’s does have some history of migrating Ashkenazim. A Bessarabian AJ perhaps?

23andme has a Very disproportionately high amount of American Jewish clientele. You only need a little true amount of AJ and nearly all or all your relatives on 23 will be reflecting your AJ side.

I also thought of the Ashkenazi of Bessarabia, also because I happened to meet many "Ackerman" among my distant cousins. Ackerman is the Turkish name of the city "Cetatea Alba / Bilgorod".
Ayetooey
06-25-2019, 01:24 PM
It's 1% I wouldn't overthink it too much.
andre
06-25-2019, 01:29 PM
It's 1% I wouldn't overthink it too much.

true is little, but it is also very interesting because it is a people that in fact in Europa no longer exists .. had been 1.4% of German, French or other, I would certainly not have given the same importance.
Lemgrant
06-25-2019, 01:34 PM
One-drop rule
Figaro
06-25-2019, 02:13 PM
true is little, but it is also very interesting because it is a people that in fact in Europa no longer exists .. had been 1.4% of German, French or other, I would certainly not have given the same importance.

A people that no longer exist in Europe? Hmm?