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**Skjaldemjøden** · 11-21-2017, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by Hamlet

Then again, the E. Euro I have (all on X chromosome) seems to be over a quarter of my entire X chromosome - why would that be the case, given there's no documentation of conversion on my maternal side?

Could be much older since it's the X chromosome. Consider that you may have inherited the E. European part directly from your great-grandmother (your mother's paternal grandmother), who in turn could have inherited it directly from her paternal grandmother, who got it from hers etc. The recombination of the X is unique in this respect.

Look at my and my maternal grandmother's X chromosomes:

The N.European and Broadly European stem directly from my Danish great-grandmother.

**Peterski** · 11-21-2017, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Skjaldemjøden

Could be much older since its the X chromosome. Consider that you may have inherited the E. European sequence directly from your great-grandmother (your mother's paternal grandmother), who in turn could have inherited it directly from her paternal grandmother, who got it from hers etc. The recombination of the X is unique in this respect.

A significant part of Ashkenazi mtDNA belongs to European, Non-Semitic lineages.

Perhaps due to conversions of Slavic women to Judaism and mixed marriages.

**Skjaldemjøden** · 11-22-2017, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Hamlet

I know but they generally didnt mix, but sure, maybe its Sephardic.

Still, it doesn't explain why E. Euro takes up so much of my X DNA, despite clearly not being recent as it's not anywhere else

See my other reply about recency. Your E. European could easily be a few centuries old. I gave it a bit of thought over the night, and would suggest looking for Subbotnik surnames in your tree and among your DNA relatives.