The Challenges of Jewish DNA testing
By Kitty Munson Cooper
Blogging at blog.kittycooper.com
blog.kittycooper.com/dna-testing/dna-basics
Where to Test? See blog.kittycooper.com/dna-testing/
- Family Tree DNA only place for Y test, has projects,
- 23andme gives health results
- Ancestry.com is least likely to have matches for recent immigrants
Y Haplogroups
Jewish Y Haplogroups: J1c3, J2a cohanim
R1a1 most Levites
E1a1 is frequent
Others: various J subgroups, T1, and E1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_studies_of_Jewish_origins
Sample Y DNA STR results for 37 markers
Jewish E haplogroup Family Tree DNA project
Mitochondria
Jewish mtDNA Haplogroups:
K1a9 and N1b2
Inheritance from 8 g-grandparents, courtesy of Angie Bush
Admixture of a 100% Ashkenazi person from GEDmatch.com
Aunt Shaindel is found!
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
Above, results in my family, see also this paper
academia.edu/7236789/Why_Autosomal_DNA_Test_Results_Are_Significantly_Different_for_Ashkenazi_Jews
academia.edu/7236789/Why_Autosomal_DNA_Test_Results_Are_Significantly_Different_for_Ashkenazi_Jews
Match to a known Ashkenazi 3rd cousin
Comparison to a Norwegian 3rd cousin
Kitty's Guidelines for Jewish DNA Matches
- At least one segment > 20 cM
- Another segment > 10 cM
- Several more good sized segments
Relationship Chart from ISOGG wiki at: isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_statistics
Israel Pickholtz documents his extensive family DNA project
He blogs at allmyforeparents.blogspot.com/
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Family Tree University presents: Jewish DNA testing
By Kitty Cooper
Family Tree University presents: Jewish DNA testing
Working with DNA testing presents unique challenges to the Jewish genealogical community due to the close relatedness of their DNA and the lack of deep family trees
