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I think it's the other way around as I said - that European Jews have Sicilian admixture, or many of them may have been Sicilian converts to Judaism during Roman times. This makes sense genetically and given the historically large Jewish population in Calabria and Sicily.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOne
I think there could be some truth to this. Sicilian Jews could have contributed to the Ashkenazi & some additional ones may even have joined historic Ashkenazi communities after expulsion. This might explain partially the small North African component you usually find in Ashkenazi which they could have gotten through Sicily? Here are a few maps I found:Quote:
Originally Posted by Clementina
http://www.italian-family-history.co...diterraneo.gif
http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/People/expul2.gif
http://c1.lyndensd.schoolwires.net/1...h_diaspora.jpg
http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/04...maps/map37.jpg
The North African segment may also be from when the Jews were in Egypt, in the Bible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sicilianu101
Modern Egyptians have a low North African (Northwest African) %. Usually about the same as me ~ 6%Quote:
Originally Posted by Clementina
Eurogenes HvF1.12.QQuote:
Originally Posted by Sicilianu101
Mediterranean Farmer: 40.32%
Anatolian Farmer: 28.94%
Middle Eastern Herder: 22.11%
Baltic Hunter Gatherer: 6.83%
Bantu Farmer: .98%
Pygmy Hunter Gatherer: .82%
Far Eastern Farmer: 0%
South American Hunter Gatherer: 0%
South Asian Hunter Gatherer: 0%
North Eurasian Hunter Gatherer: 0%
East African Pastoralist: 0%
Oceanian Hunter Gatherer: 0%
Eurogenes NEU1a.12.QQuote:
Originally Posted by Sicilianu101
Mediterranean: 34.47%
Caucasus: 27.33%
Western European: 18.37%
Southwest Asian: 18.14%
Sub-Saharan African: 1.68%
South Asian: 0%
Amerindian: 0%
Siberian: 0%
East Asian: 0%
Western Volga: 0%
South Baltic: 0%
North Sea: 0%
New Updates from Eurogenes
http://bga101.blogspot.com/2012/04/t...admixture.html
Euro Test K6
58.64% Middle Eastern (Neolithic to recent in Europe)
32.59% European (Mesolithic European + Middle Eastern Neolithic)
5.52% South Asian
3.25% Sub-Saharan African
0% North Asian
0% East Asian
(What is this South Asian in K6? I usually score no South Asian in other tests)
Euro Test K7
40.13% Middle Eastern
30.56% Caucasus
27.15% European (Mesolithic European + Middle Eastern Neolithic)
2.16% Sub-Saharan African
0% South Asian
0% East Asian
0% North Asian
Euro Test K8
46.34% Maritime Neolithic
28.45% Anatolian Neolithic
18.89% North European hunter gatherer (+ Neolithic admixture)
4.81% East African
1.51% Sub-Saharan African
0% North Eurasian
0% East Asian
0% South Asian
Is Maritime Neolithic another way of saying Levantine/Phoenician?
Even N. Europeans have a little of it, so my best guess would be that it's a mix of prehistoric Neolithic migrations from the Levant + further migrations from the Levant (e.g. Phoenician, also possibly via Jewish, Muslims)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clementina
The Caucasus and Anatolian Neolithic scores would represent a population akin to Armenians or going back to more ancient groups, people like the Hittites, who would have come to Sicily during the Neolithic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sicilianu101