"But oddly enough "Bailen" is the name of a city in south east Spain ... a Napoleonic battle was fought there ... and I wonder if that was the "source" of the name ... and had my grandfather's anceste

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"But oddly enough "Bailen" is the name of a city in south east Spain ... a Napoleonic battle was fought there ... and I wonder if that was the "source" of the name ... and had my grandfather's anceste

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Howard, your results are common for Ashkenazi Jews, whose deep ancestry is mostly >from the Middle East and the Mediterranean. There was not a lot of mixing with the Central and Eastern European non-A

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Howard, your results are common for Ashkenazi Jews, whose deep ancestry is mostly >from the Middle East and the Mediterranean. There was not a lot of mixing with the Central and Eastern European non-A

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My maternal aunt, both of whose parents were Latvian Jews (from Rezekne) had appendicitis at age 13. I also had appendicitis in my 20's (but I am only half Latvian Ashkenazi- the other half is Polish

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My maternal aunt, both of whose parents were Latvian Jews (from Rezekne) had appendicitis at age 13. I also had appendicitis in my 20's (but I am only half Latvian Ashkenazi- the other half is Polish

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There has been a lot of buzz about the remains of the bodies tossed into a well in Norwich, England in the Middle Ages. DNA analysis of the remains determined that the victims were undoubtedly Jewish.

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There has been a lot of buzz about the remains of the bodies tossed into a well in Norwich, England in the Middle Ages. DNA analysis of the remains determined that the victims were undoubtedly Jewish.

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Anne Brest writes: huge I agree with Anne's theory, and have some evidence to support it. I administer a DNA project through Family Tree DNA with Schelly Talalay Dardashti for Ashkenazi Jews with an o

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Anne Brest writes: huge I agree with Anne's theory, and have some evidence to support it. I administer a DNA project through Family Tree DNA with Schelly Talalay Dardashti for Ashkenazi Jews with an o

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Re: Sue Levy's post: Christine Usdin's translated records provide clear evidence of epidemics that swept through villages and wiped out scores of young children - epidemics of diseases for which we no

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Re: Sue Levy's post: Christine Usdin's translated records provide clear evidence of epidemics that swept through villages and wiped out scores of young children - epidemics of diseases for which we no

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Most of the time you need a full genomic sequence in order to be able to find a common ancestor with a mtDNA match. Although I have not been able to identify who the common ancestor is for any of my F

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Most of the time you need a full genomic sequence in order to be able to find a common ancestor with a mtDNA match. Although I have not been able to identify who the common ancestor is for any of my F

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Not necessarily. Each chromosome segment consists of material you inherited >from your mother and your father. When someone matches you on that segment, they are technically "half-identical" and hence

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Not necessarily. Each chromosome segment consists of material you inherited >from your mother and your father. When someone matches you on that segment, they are technically "half-identical" and hence

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For those of you who don't already do this, I suggest adding your current town, state and country to your post. Many regions have local Jewish Genealogy Societies of which you might not be aware whose

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For those of you who don't already do this, I suggest adding your current town, state and country to your post. Many regions have local Jewish Genealogy Societies of which you might not be aware whose

#ukraine

For myself: an aunt was correctly predicted; a 1st cousin once removed was predicted to be a 2nd cousin For my husband: a 1st cousin was correctly predicted; a 1st cousin once removed was predicted to

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For myself: an aunt was correctly predicted; a 1st cousin once removed was predicted to be a 2nd cousin For my husband: a 1st cousin was correctly predicted; a 1st cousin once removed was predicted to

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