The Iraqi Jews

[FrostDragon]

iraqi jews are mix of israelites and assyrians converted to judaism. they look like levantine mesopotamian mix. they no look like the ancient israelites....

Sephardi Jews are likely the most "preserved" Jews.

[ariel]

Sephardi Jews are likely the most "preserved" Jews.

sephardic jews are closley related to levantines

The plots reveal a Levantine structure not reported previously: Lebanese Christians and all Druze cluster together, and Lebanese Muslims are extended towards Syrians, Palestinians, and Jordanians, which are close to Saudis and Bedouins. Ashkenazi Jews are drawn towards the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, reflecting historical admixture events with Europeans, while Sephardi Jews cluster tightly with the Levantine groups

http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/...l.pgen.1003316

[FrostDragon]

Don't Sephradi Jews have European admixture too? I look European...and the funny part is, I have Armenoid admixture, which is something Ashkenazi usually have.

[Maleficent]

Quite possibly the oldest Jewish community in the world.

[Sikeliot]

They look like, and are genetically very related to, Assyrians.

[StonyArabia]

They look like, and are genetically very related to, Assyrians.

They are. They cluster with them in fact more so than Armenians.

[Maleficent]

A mix of Semitic and Levantine, as all Jews not affected (in looks) by foreign admixture...

I'm not sure what you mean by a mix of 'Semitic and Levantine' as Levantines are Semites.

Sephardi Jews are likely the most "preserved" Jews.

That's not possible. Take a look at post #4 of this thread, Ashkenazi and Sephardi genetically much closer than you think, as both are Euro/Levant mixes. The difference is, the Euro blood in Sephardic is moreso Iberian, and the Euro blood in Ashkenazi is Roman/Germanic/Slavic. My theory is the most 'preserved' Jews are: Samaritan Jews, Syrian Jews, and Iraqi Jews.

[curupira]

Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, Baghdadi Jew, founder of the Shell company:

Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted JP (5 November 1853 – 17 January 1927), known as Sir Marcus Samuel, Bt between 1903 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, a precursor to Royal Dutch Shell.

Samuel was born into a Baghdadi Jewish family in Whitechapel, London. His father, also Marcus Samuel, ran a successful import-export business, M. Samuel & Co., trading with the Far East, which Marcus carried on with his brother, Samuel Samuel. Marcus Samuel realised the potential of the oil trade during a trip to the Black Sea in 1890, and ordered the construction of eight dedicated tankers, the first of which was Murex, which was under the command of Captain John R Coundon. His were the first such ships to satisfy the Suez Canal company of their safety, allowing him to ship his product to Bangkok and Singapore. In 1897 he formed Shell, after his first business, which sold painted seashells. He was knighted in 1898 for assisting in the salvage of HMS Victorious, which had grounded and was pulled to safety by the Shell tanker SS Pecten.

In 1907, Samuel's company combined with the Royal Dutch company of the Netherlands to create the company today known as Royal Dutch Shell. M. Samuel & Co., having transformed over the years to a merchant bank, merged in 1965 with Philip Hill, Higginson, Erlangers Ltd to create Hill Samuel, which is now a part of Lloyds TSB.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_...count_Bearsted

[Anglojew]

TMZ king of the Jews

[curupira]

Sir Sassoon Eskell, Iraqi statesman and financier, he played a pivotal role in the creation of modern Iraq:

Sir Sassoon Eskell, KBE (17 March 1860 – 31 August 1932) was an Iraqi statesman and financier. Also known as Sassoon Effendi (from Turkish Effendi, a title meaning Lord). Regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament,Sir Sassoon (Arabic: ساسون حسقيل or ساسون حزقيال) was the first Minister of Finance in the Kingdom and a permanent Member of Parliament until his death. Along with Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia), he was instrumental in the creation and the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq post Ottoman rule and it was he himself, who founded the nascent Iraqi government’s laws and financial structure.

He was knighted by His Britannic Majesty King George V in 1923. His Majesty King Faisal I conferred on him the Civil Rafidain Medal Grade II, His Imperial Majesty the Shahinshah awarded him the Shirokhorshid Medal and the Ottoman Empire decorated him with the Al-Moutamayez Medal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Sassoon_Eskell