Genetic studies show Jews have predominantly Semitic area genetics
Genetic studies are “consistent with a historical formulation of the Jewish people as descending from ancient Hebrew and Israelites of the Levant” and “the dispersion of the people of ancient Israel throughout the Old World”.
Source:
Behar DM, et al (July 2010). “The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people”. Nature. 466 (7303): 238–42. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature09103
This is also confirmed by the work by Ostrer H, Skorecki K (February 2013). “The population genetics of the Jewish people”. Human Genetics. 132 (2): 119–27 also back up Behar’s work.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543766/
The above are the two most respected scientists in the field.
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In August 2012, Dr. Harry Ostrer in his book Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People, summarized his and other work in genetics of the last 20 years, and concluded that all major Jewish groups share a common Middle Eastern origin.
Harry, Ostrer (2012). Legacy a Genetic History of the Jewish People. Oxford University Press
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Citing autosomal DNA studies, Nicholas Wade estimates that “Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews have roughly 30 percent European ancestry, with most of the rest from the Middle East.” He further noticed that “The two communities seem very similar to each other genetically, which is unexpected because they have been separated for so long.” Concerning this relationship he points to Atzmon’s conclusions that “the shared genetic elements suggest that members of any Jewish community are related to one another as closely as are fourth or fifth cousins in a large population, which is about 10 times higher than the relationship between two people chosen at random off the streets of New York City
Wade, Nicholas (2010-06-09). “Studies Show Jews’ Genetic Similarity”. The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/science/10jews.html
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The genetic composition of Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Mizrahi Jewish populations show significant amounts of shared Middle Eastern ancestry.
Sources:
Blazer, Dan G.; Hernandez, Lyla M., eds. (2006). “The Importance of Ancestral Origin”. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature/Nurture Debate. p. 100.
https://books.google.com.bo/books?id=gFtYAgAAQBAJ…Katsnelson, Alla (3 June 2010). “Jews worldwide share genetic ties”. Nature.Frudakis, Tony (2010). “Ashkenazi Jews”. Molecular Photofitting: Predicting Ancestry and Phenotype Using DNA. Elsevier. p. 383
https://books.google.com.bo/books?id=9vXeydpj7VkC…
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In a study of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslim Arabs, more thank 70% of the Jewish men and 82% of the Arab men whose DNA was studied, had inherited their Y chromosomes from the samem paternal ancestors, who lived in the region within the last few thousand years. “Our recent study of high-resolution microsatellite haplotypes demonstrated that a substantial portion of Y chromosomes of Jews (70%) and of Palestinian Muslim Arabs (82%) belonged to the same chromosome pool.”
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Nebel A, Filon D, Weiss DA, Weale M, Faerman M, Oppenheim A, Thomas MG (December 2000). “High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews”. Human Genetics. 107 (6): 630–41.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s004390000426
