Ancestral Origins And Genetic Diversity of Moroccan Jews

[@gianpaolo8871]

This was an amazing talk! I agree with what has been said concerning admixture estimates. In this respect, the GEDMATCH DODECAD V3 calculator is in my opinion very accurate. Some blame it for being obsolete, but in my experience all Oracle estimations (1,2,3 and 4 population estimations) of Dodecad V3 can give you excellent "fingerprints" of both Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews. I compared dozens of GEDCOM family trees and was able to establish "fingerprints" of Sephardim and Ashkenazim on DODECAD V3. Not scientific (we need very large samples to achieve statistical significance), but very very reproducible in my experience.

[@MrChannel19]

With triangulation of the DNA sequence will probably reveal a great deal and show how resilient all people are, especially after the first 70 tribes have spread around the world!

[@CitizenTurtleIsland]

That's rather fascinating to hear about this notion of "resevoirs of survivors". I have 2 German parents born in 1929 and 1931. Surprisingly, it appears 2 and perhaps even 3 of my 4 grandparents had distant Jewish Sephardic and/or Ashkenazi ancestry that was passed on to me via DNA. This is based on observations of my matches via autosomal DNA. I've often wondered about the living Jewish people whom I match, the majority are in the USA... with most having roots there that predate WWII. For some time, I've had a hunch that I may have DNA that is shared with ghosts... people who did not have the opportunity to live and have descendants. (I have a match named Gindi incidentally. That name came up. And on the issue of Europeans apparently often getting 1-2% Jewish ancestry... I would say that is inaccurate! I also match tons of Europeans but very few of them get Jewish ethnicity estimates. It is not common. There was a suggestion that it's commonly, and therefore, incorrectly assigned. In any case, ethnicity estimates are not that useful. Autosomal matches... that's telling you something, especially if >15 cM is involved... if there is more than one segment involved.)

[@tlaloc-rh9sm]

How nice that we can know about Dna and the pathways they move.

[@almurshid100]

Thank you for this good informations

[@MrChannel19]

What you say about “ghosts” may be true, may this be a reminder that the losses from wars and programs or inquisitions are a reminder that Anti-Semitism (which covers Arabs, Jews, et al) is the best reason to move into the DNA realm and use the atDNA to find people like the one link that keeps you linked to all members of the Abrahamic people regardless of tragedies and misfortunes that ignorance of evil and death bring on all of us! Be well!

[@peggylanton6384]

Somebody should check the written transcription. It’s soooooo bad

[@MrChannel19]

Hard to perform documentaries during persecution but much has survived, thanks to dedicated volunteers and scholars!

[@ZenatiOmar]

In Morocco you find many Jewish Cemetaries and places were Jewish Saints lived