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Old December 3rd, 2014 #16
Theodore
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Do Jews belong to one particular Y Haplogroup? R1b is associated with Western Europeans, but I think the Jews have hijacked it to some degree. I read the National Geographic book "Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project", but I'm suspicious since they like to give the impression that our ancestors have been mingling for eons.
Good Question. Ashkenaz have roughly 30-50% R1b. A lot of it can also be attributed to Armenians who also have a high degree of R1b.. But of a particular type, like you mentioned, that is 1500 years older than Western European R1b.