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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
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From my understanding, the Y genetic material determines ethnicities, and with Judaism traditionally being passed down by the mother, it makes it one of the easier ones to trace.
I think it's fair that like with most modern groups of people, there has been a fair bit of genetic mixing. I should take the test. I always wanted to get one those gold chains with a Star of David on them. They just make you look a little more badass.
A little OT again, but I read on the UN genealogy study that says Bosnian Croats (which is my lineage) have the highest concentration of the oldest European haplogroup (followed by regular Croats and Serbs). That is not to mean they were the first people in Europe, but just it is the oldest group that did form exclusively in Europe. Could have been all those hot dates with Neanderthal girls. Greeks, Dardani, and other earlier European haplogroups are related to those in the ME and North Africa, so didn't form in Europe. I just found that interesting.