RN97's FtDNA results; myOrigins and Ancient origins

[magicalM]

if he have aschenazi sounding names in family finder
the aschenazi can be real
but i doubt it .....

I am not saying he is Azkenazi or not. He has some strong arguments that he is not looking at 23andme results. Just giving some clues how to find out. Again, there has to be more than a few. Jewish azkenazi families often married other Jewish families and was an quite isolated group itself (not som much in newer times) A reason for why family tree dna believes that they can make a Jewish cluster out of it on myorigins. The rule that applied when the families intermarried with non Jewish descendents was on the condition that only the female had to be Jewish in marriage. Combining all the knowledge about the family and not at least look at the surnames a few generations back can help to get the answers. But family tree dna have a tendency to put the Jewish sounding names on the top of the list when doing a search (they admit it) Which can sometimes be misleading for people with non Jewish ancestry

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[kingjohn]

if i will have is gedmatch kit number
i can tell you if he have aschenazi segments in some chromosome yes or not
some places in Moldova Kishinev had huge jewish community so the chances for some segments of aschenazi origins is there .
but i don't know about romania ??
a person could have aschenazi segments matches in famil finder and less than 1% aschenazi in my origins 2.0 .
there are some polish catholic i match that i can tell you this there case
kind regards
adam

[RN97]

I am not saying he is Azkenazi or not. He has some strong arguments that he is not looking at 23andme results. Just giving some clues how to find out. Again, there has to be more than a few. Jewish azkenazi families often married other Jewish families and was an quite isolated group itself (not som much in newer times) A reason for why family tree dna believes that they can make a Jewish cluster out of it on myorigins. The rule that applied when the families intermarried with non Jewish descendents was on the condition that only the female had to be Jewish in marriage. Combining all the knowledge about the family and not at least look at the surnames a few generations back can help to get the answers. But family tree dna have a tendency to put the Jewish sounding names on the top of the list when doing a search (they admit it) Which can sometimes be misleading for people with non Jewish ancestry

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Pretty sure there were no jews in Lunca Corbului in the middle of nowhere where my mom's family originates from.

[Nurzat]

Uhmmmm..... WAT?!

I think they overestimate Ashkenazi - a northeast Romanian friend (Neamț county, historical Baia county) got 5%, no known Jewish ancestry, all his grandparents are peasants from the same village's region

[kingjohn]

Jews mainly lived in urban areas not in villages
you got a point eskimo.
regards
adam

[kingjohn]

Pretty sure there were no jews in Lunca Corbului in the middle of nowhere where my mom's family originates from.

i checked your gedmatch kit
no aschenazi segments
don't know from where ftdna gave you 8% aschenazi .....
regards
adam