[Godzilla]

Godzilla, been a while and hope you are very well. I have some vague memory that at one time in the past you posted material about Jewish DNA markers. If that was you, do you have anything to contribute to this discussion?

there are dna haplotypes that identify regions of the world that have been used to map human migrations. there has also been a lot of dna studies of groups claiming Jewish ancestory (Lembas, Ashkenzi, etc), so identifying specific jewish related markers is possible. The key is whether or not enough dna survived to enable the identification of the haplotype (effects from exposure to fires, air, etc).

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Godzilla,
Thanks for dropping by and sharing. I’ve always considered you about as deep as they come. I just had a vague memory of something you’d posted in a discussion once.

Hope all is well in your world!
ampu

[Swordmaker]

there are dan haplotypes that identify regions of the world that have been used to map human migrations. there has also been a lot of dan studies of groups claiming Jewish ancestory (Lembas, Ashkenzi, etc), so identifying specific jewish related markers is possible. The key is whether or not enough dan survived to enable the identification of the haplotype (effects from exposure to fires, air, etc).

Thank you Godzilla. That was the point I was making. Firstly, that there is no specific DNA strands that say this person was a person of Jewish descent. . . but perhaps of middle eastern, semitic descent which is a much broader stroke of the DNA brush. Secondly, that any DNA in the blood on the Shroud is too old, too degraded with that age, too broken, and too contaminated to be dispositive of any testing for haplotyping.

At this point the fact that the blood is, or may be, AB negative is about as dispositive as we're are likely to get until some more definitive method of testing the broken DNA strands is developed.