Posted on 10/08/2013 11:57:29 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
The majority of Ashkenazi Jews are descended from prehistoric European women, according to study published today (October 8) in Nature Communications. While the Jewish religion began in the Near East, and the Ashkenazi Jews were believed to have origins in the early indigenous tribes of this region, new evidence from mitochondrial DNA, which is passed on exclusively from mother to child, suggests that female ancestors of most modern Ashkenazi Jews converted to Judaism in the north Mediterranean around 2,000 years ago and later in west and central Europe.
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Part of the reason was this guy was a little bit pudgy, not part of the Japanese stereotype, And the pudginess of his face kind of effected his eyes. Never fooled me but I could see how someone not paying close attention might make the mistake.
effected = affected. (I know the difference grammar Nazis.)
We’re ALL mutts......................
Why do Jewish men die so much earlier than their wives............. Because they want to................Jackie Mason..........OY!............
I used to work with a guy name Ishi. He was around 6’3” and I always thought he was Eastern European. One day he mentioned that he was Japanese.
I immediately realized that he did look Japanese but assumed he was maybe half. He said no, he was full blooded.
Sometimes in the same family!
There's an Italian religious festival in Williamburg, Brooklyn that uses a local resident to portray a character known as "The Turk." He wears an outlandish turban and brandishes a sword from a boat carried on the shoulders of about 100 men. (Yours truly performed this service on 1 occasion over 15 yrs. ago.)
The honor of playing "The Turk" usually goes to a guy with black hair, beard, and eyes and the most extreme aquiline nose. Apparently they have no trouble finding a parish member who possesses these characteristics.
“Arab is a general type of ethnic group, and Jews come from many different ethnic groups.”
Yes, and I have not been genetically linked with the arab ethnic group since roughly the time of Abraham.
I have read there is a tribe in N. Japan that look almost Caucasian.
A friend in Columbia Missouri I always thought was of Japanese ancestry told me his mother was from Alaska (as in native Indian)
It explains the various features seen among us. Halachically speaking, they are most certainly Jews, and a part of the Jewish people.
I am a purebred Son of Adam.
You're thinking of the Ainu People. For a long time, it was assumed that the Ainus were descended from Caucasians who migrated to Japan. Recent genetic studies have shown that they're closely related to Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese, and that their European-like features (round eyes, light complexion, extensive facial and body hair) are a case of accidental convergence.
My wife calls me a Son of, but it ain’t Adam.......................
Since "Jewishness" is transmitted along the maternal line, this could get complicated.
Not really. They're united by a common language and culture, but "Arabs" are made up of genetically very different people. A Saudi Arab doesn't look very much like an Arab from Lebanon or from Libya, for instance.
If the women converted, does it matter?
Judaism always passes from the female.
It doesn’t.
And it also makes sense that there were historically more female converts to Judaism, given the nature of a male conversion later-in-life being somewhat traumatic back in the day.
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