Two Newly Identified Y-Chromosome Lineages with likely Silk Road origins in...
Abstract We report two previously undescribed Y-chromosome lineages identified through the Avotaynu DNA Project’s systematic sampling of non-Ashkenazi Jewish communities. The first, Avotaynu AB-370...
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Process by which Avotaynu Project samples are analyzed
The Avotaynu DNA Project processes each human DNA sample through a series of highly controlled steps designed to extract, amplify, and analyze genetic information for ancestry and genealogical...
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Economic expansions in the Mediterranean that the Avotaynu Project seeks to...
I. Bronze Age Expansion (ca. 2000 – 1200 BCE) Regions: Egypt, Levant, Anatolia, Aegean, and Mesopotamian peripheryDrivers: Maritime trade networks linked the Minoans (Crete), Mycenaeans (Greece),...
View ArticleItalian surnames of current interest to the Avotaynu Project
Source: Nardo Bonomi Most frequent surnames found in documents of the 16th-19th centuries: Abbina Abdòn Abilio Abucar Achìm Agùl Alatri Alatrino Alemanno Alfandri TESTED AB-262 Allattini Almosnino...
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Origin and Migration of the J2-FGC4992 / FGC4975 Jewish Y-Chromosome Cohen...
This study investigates the evolutionary history of the J2b-FGC4992 (aka FGC4975) Y-chromosome lineage, a genetic variant found almost exclusively among Jewish men whose paternal ancestry includes a...
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The Genetic Origins of the Jews of Kaifeng, China: Preliminary Findings
[This subject matter of this announcement is presently in the pre-publication process and will be published in full with accompanying data following peer review.] The Avotaynu DNA Project is pleased...
View ArticleAvotaynu DNA Project Discovers 7,000 Year Old Neolithic Lineage
The Neolithic yDNA Haplogroup J-P58 has been a topic of research interest since its discovery over 15 years ago (Hammer & Behar, et al, 2009[1]; Chiaroni, et al, 2010[2]). Amplified by a little...
View ArticleIndex of Jewish Surnames in Beirut
[This index is dedicated to the memory of Ambassador Isaac Levanon (1944-2023)] As with other Jewish communities in the Levant, the the size of the Beirut Jewish commnity during the 20th century can...
View ArticleAleppo Jewish Surnames Index
The slow decline of the Aleppo Jewish community began during the 19th century following the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and was accelerated following the turmoil of World War I and the collapse...
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The Surprising Origins of the Coryell Family of Colonial New Jersey
[The following article is reprinted by permission of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The article originally appeared in the Winter 2023 edition of AMERICAN ANCESTORS on pages 27-31. For...
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Genealo-J Days – Paris 11/19-20/2022
The Cercle de Généalogie Juive is pleased to invite you November 19 and 20, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Genealo-J Days.to be held at Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, 71 rue du Temple –...
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À la rencontre de nos ancêtres Juifs Marocains et Algériens : NAJMA, la...
La présence de Juifs au Maroc et en Algérie est attestée dès le IIe siècle de l’ère moderne. Arrivés avec les Phéniciens, les Romains, les Arabes, ou à la suite des expulsions d’Espagne et du...
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Origine ancestrale des Juifs marocains par l’étude du chromosome Y
Comment identifier nos origines ancestrales ? Il existe malheureusement très peu de sources historiques, familiales ou documentaires pour identifier nos ancêtres Juif marocains. Au mieux, nous avons...
View ArticleSurname list of the Jews of Damascus: 2021 update
Like many other Jewish communities in the Levant, that of Damascus declined from a thriving community with 12,000 members in 1943 to only a handful by 2010. Its members largely left for Mandatory...
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Slides from Adam Brown’s talk to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles on August 29, 2021: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FgFQ-sk9YBQCyJ_yeXwL30JDHFiv6-xm/view?usp=sharing
View ArticleIAJGS 2021
The Genomic History of the BronzeAge Southern Levant, by Lily Agranat-Tamir et al. We are posting here references cited today during Adam Brown’s talk today on the Genetic Origins of the Jewish...
View ArticleSephardic Genealogy Society Announced
While everyone has been locked indoors, the Sephardic online community has been thriving. This is largely thanks to weekly Sephardic World talks hosted by Ton Thielen and David Mendoza, which have...
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How to use Y-DNA and Geni.com t o Improve Your Family Tree
When most people talk about using DNA for genealogy research, they are talking about autosomal DNA, which is most of the DNA you get from your parents. It can be difficult to use autosomal DNA for...
View ArticleIndex of Jewish Surnames in Alexandria in the 20th Century
As with the Jewish community in Cairo, the community in Alexandria grew from only a few thousand souls at the end of the 19th century to a vibrant community of approximately 40,000 members by the time...
View ArticleIndex of Jewish Surnames Found in 20th Century Cairo – Updated December 2020
The last two decades have witnessed a remarkable surge of publications, both academic and literary, about Jewish life in Egypt during the 20th century. The latest is the Ph.D. thesis by Dr.Liat Maggid...
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