Kraven
03-29-2020, 03:44 AM
What's the amount of European DNA in Ashkenazi Jews?
According to the study conducted by Harry Ostrer it's around 25-18% and it's coming from Central European source likely Germany. The rest comes from the Levant area. It can be seen in most of the GEDMatch calculators like for example here:
West_Asia
NE_Europe
Americas
Siberia
Oceania
South_Asia
NE_Asia
East_Africa
SE_Asia
SW_Europe
SW_Asia
West_Africa
South_Africa
Syrian_Alawite
35.50
8.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
31.00
23.00
0.50
0.00
Ashkenazy_Jew
25.50
17.50
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.50
0.00
0.50
0.50
38.50
16.50
0.50
0.00
Genetic share: 82.5%
European DNA: 17.5%
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I heard from other source that Ashkenazi Jews are modeled as being half North Italian half Samaritan Jew. Any opinion on the matter?
According to the study conducted by Harry Ostrer it's around 25-18% and it's coming from Central European source likely Germany. The rest comes from the Levant area. It can be seen in most of the GEDMatch calculators like for example here:
West_Asia
NE_Europe
Americas
Siberia
Oceania
South_Asia
NE_Asia
East_Africa
SE_Asia
SW_Europe
SW_Asia
West_Africa
South_Africa
Syrian_Alawite
35.50
8.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
31.00
23.00
0.50
0.00
Ashkenazy_Jew
25.50
17.50
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.50
0.00
0.50
0.50
38.50
16.50
0.50
0.00
Genetic share: 82.5%
European DNA: 17.5%
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I heard from other source that Ashkenazi Jews are modeled as being half North Italian half Samaritan Jew. Any opinion on the matter?