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Ashkenazi Jews descend from 350 people, study finds
The Times of Israel ^ | Andrew Tobin

Posted on 07/15/2015 2:42:04 PM PDT by Pharmboy

‘Bottleneck’ dates back 600 to 800 years, genome analysis shows; researcher says among population ‘everyone is a 30th cousin.

Illustrative photo of Ashkenazi Jews, taken from Nurit Ben Sheetri's 'The Redheads' exhibit at Dizengoff Center (courtesy Nurit Ben Sheetrit)

A new study concludes that all Ashkenazi Jews can trace their ancestry to a “bottleneck” of just 350 individuals, dating back to between 600 and 800 years ago.

The study, published in the Nature Communications journal Tuesday, was authored by Shai Carmi, a computer science professor at Columbia University, and more than 20 medical researchers from Yale, Columbia, Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and other institutions.

Researchers analyzed the genomes of 128 Ashkenazi Jews and compared them to those of non-Jewish Europeans in order to determine which genetic markers are unique to Ashkenazi Jews. They found that the Ashkenazi Jews’ genetic similarities were so acute that one of the study’s researchers, Columbia professor Itsik Pe’er, told the Live Science website that among Ashkenazi Jews, “everyone is a 30th cousin.”

The findings will enable researchers to catalog nearly all of the genetic variations from the founding population, the study’s authors said. Such thorough genetic cataloging could help clinicians interpret individual genetic mutations, improve disease mapping and provide insight into the histories of Middle Eastern and European populations, the study said.

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They say that Ashkenazi Jews are about half Euro and half Middle Eastern in origin. Another interesting point that I remember from another article a few years ago is that Jewish redheads and Celtic redheads have red hair based on different genetic mutations.
1 posted on 07/15/2015 2:42:05 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: SunkenCiv; blam

Some interesting genetic stuff in here on non-Jewish Euros also.


2 posted on 07/15/2015 2:43:07 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Pharmboy

I was under the impression that all Jews (and all people) descended from fewer people than that.


3 posted on 07/15/2015 2:44:03 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Pharmboy

Interesting


4 posted on 07/15/2015 2:44:20 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (MARANATHA)
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To: Pharmboy

Several redheads mentioned in Jewish bloodlines, such as Esau and King David.


5 posted on 07/15/2015 2:44:38 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Pharmboy

And the cat?
What religion is the cat?


6 posted on 07/15/2015 2:45:30 PM PDT by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: humblegunner
What religion is the cat?

Catolic.

7 posted on 07/15/2015 2:46:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Catolic.

Clearly.

8 posted on 07/15/2015 2:47:39 PM PDT by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: Borges; Hildy; ken5050; SJackson; Yaelle; Zionist Conspirator

FYI ping


9 posted on 07/15/2015 2:50:59 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: jjotto

I also think it interesting that Ramses The Great was a red head.


10 posted on 07/15/2015 2:53:29 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Pharmboy

The Ashkenaz bottleneck was “between 600 and 800 years ago,” but the Ashekenaz - Sefardi split goes back a few hundred years before that, as evidenced by Rabbenu Gershom, whose prohibition of polygamy was binding on Ashkenazim but not Sefardim.

Most likely a larger Jewish population in Europe was all but wiped out at the bottleneck, possibly fallout from the Crusades.


11 posted on 07/15/2015 2:55:05 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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And the colors are actually very different.

My mother’s side of the family have Ashkenazi markers. And some redheads, too, but they appeared to be very Celtic.


12 posted on 07/15/2015 2:55:42 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Pharmboy

The first Jew was born to Abraham and Sarah and was named Isaac. Now where’s my grant money? How much money was spent on this research?


13 posted on 07/15/2015 2:56:51 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: dfwgator

Was it last seen driving a Cat-tilac?


14 posted on 07/15/2015 2:56:53 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: humblegunner

Cat is clearly Meowsaic.


15 posted on 07/15/2015 3:04:33 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Pharmboy

RE: Ashkenazi Jews descend from 350 people

If they dug further, I won’t be surprised to find that the number will go down to 8, and eventually 2.


16 posted on 07/15/2015 3:08:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Wasn't that the first Israelite? I thought the Jews were only from the tribe of Judah.

The definition has been expanded (by whom and how I'm not sure) to include anyone of the Jewish faith.

17 posted on 07/15/2015 3:11:26 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: dfwgator

LOL..........LOL........LOL!


18 posted on 07/15/2015 3:13:12 PM PDT by pugmama
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To: Aliska

‘Jew’ and ‘Jewish’ aren’t official terms. The technical term is ‘ben/bat yisrael’ (son/daughter of Israel).

The Bible relates that Mordechai of the Tribe of Benjamin was called ‘ish Yehudi’ (Jewish man), so the term apparently goes back to the Kingdom of Judah which included the Tribe of Levi and remnants of the other tribes.


19 posted on 07/15/2015 3:21:05 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: dfwgator

You made me chuckle heartily.


20 posted on 07/15/2015 3:21:18 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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