The closet ancestors genetically to Ashkenazi Jews are Sephardic Jews who never left the Levant, followed by the Samaritans who never left the Levant , followed by Arabs in and around Israel.
It’s well studied and no mystery.
72 posted on 04/22/2024 6:37:33 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan
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