I am intrigued by Israel Pickholtz's suggestion that even an endogamous population like Ashkenazi Jews can make use of small segments. I am wondering if the fact that prior knowledge that these distan

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I am intrigued by Israel Pickholtz's suggestion that even an endogamous population like Ashkenazi Jews can make use of small segments. I am wondering if the fact that prior knowledge that these distan

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Does anyone have experience yet with how Ancestry.com's DNA Circles manages the problem Ashkenazi Jews have with autosomal comparisons in that we are predicted cousins (3rd to distant) to nearly all o

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Does anyone have experience yet with how Ancestry.com's DNA Circles manages the problem Ashkenazi Jews have with autosomal comparisons in that we are predicted cousins (3rd to distant) to nearly all o

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In a few months we will have another option, the most comprehensive DNA test yet for researching our ancestry. That test is called Geno 2.0. It is being offered by National Geographic, and Family Tree

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In a few months we will have another option, the most comprehensive DNA test yet for researching our ancestry. That test is called Geno 2.0. It is being offered by National Geographic, and Family Tree

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Paying for their test often helps. Also, telling them what they can learn >from the test, and what you have already learned; letting them know that others in the family already tested. Sometimes you c

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Paying for their test often helps. Also, telling them what they can learn >from the test, and what you have already learned; letting them know that others in the family already tested. Sometimes you c

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There is a lot of randomness in the process of passing autosomal chromosome segments to the next generation; by the luck of the draw, it is possible for a woman and her sister's grandson to have no se

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There is a lot of randomness in the process of passing autosomal chromosome segments to the next generation; by the luck of the draw, it is possible for a woman and her sister's grandson to have no se

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Thanks for sharing the good new, Mathilde, for those of us who couldn't be at the conference. A great big and well deserved congratulations to Jeff Malka! Judy Simon Stony Brook, NY researching BROZGO

#sephardic

Thanks for sharing the good new, Mathilde, for those of us who couldn't be at the conference. A great big and well deserved congratulations to Jeff Malka! Judy Simon Stony Brook, NY researching BROZGO

#sephardic

So sad to hear of Stephanie Weiner's passing. She helped many adoptees find their biological families. I have asked for her help a number of times when an adoptee joined one of my DNA projects, and St

#general

So sad to hear of Stephanie Weiner's passing. She helped many adoptees find their biological families. I have asked for her help a number of times when an adoptee joined one of my DNA projects, and St

#general

Thanks for sharing the good news, Gary. A great big congratulations to Dr. Feigmanis! Judy Simon, Stony Brook, NY researching: BROZGOL, KAPELUSHNIK >from Rezekne, Latvia (both of which Dr. Feigmanis p

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Thanks for sharing the good news, Gary. A great big congratulations to Dr. Feigmanis! Judy Simon, Stony Brook, NY researching: BROZGOL, KAPELUSHNIK >from Rezekne, Latvia (both of which Dr. Feigmanis p

#latvia

According to one of the theories, many Jews expelled >from Spain went to live in Holland, and later they moved >from Holland to Germany. Later still >from Germany to Eastern Europe. This may not be tr

#latvia

According to one of the theories, many Jews expelled >from Spain went to live in Holland, and later they moved >from Holland to Germany. Later still >from Germany to Eastern Europe. This may not be tr

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If you are an Ashkenazi male with the surname Peretz and you want to find out if your deep ancestry could have been Sephardic, genetic genealogy may answer the question for you. A Y-DNA test could sho

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If you are an Ashkenazi male with the surname Peretz and you want to find out if your deep ancestry could have been Sephardic, genetic genealogy may answer the question for you. A Y-DNA test could sho

#latvia