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October 8, 2018 11:45 am at 11:45 am
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Redleg
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After some thought, i sent my DNA sample (test tube of saliva) to Ancestry.com for analysis. The initial result was: 85% European Jewish, 12% Middle Eastern, 3% undetermined. I received an update from them a couple of weeks ago. based on (they said) an expanded data base. The revision shows me to be 100% European Jewish with the epicenter of my genome in historic Lithuania (based on their map of likely origins).
N.B. Ancestry’s category is “European” Jewish, Not “Ashkenazi”