To: muir_redwoods
Again, the Jews of Spain were Sephardic, so their descendants wouldnt have Askenasi genes.
23 posted on
05/30/2012 6:29:00 PM PDT by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: kabumpo
The bulk of Spanish Jews were Sephardim but there was certainly trade and other contact among the Jews of Spain and the Jews of central Europe. It is an impossibility that there was no mixing among groups.
29 posted on
05/30/2012 6:36:48 PM PDT by
muir_redwoods
(I like Obamacare because Granny signed the will and I need the cash)
To: kabumpo
"Again, the Jews of Spain were Sephardic, so their descendants wouldnt have Askenasi genes." A good point, but not a foolproof one. There was significant contact back and forth, they aren't hermetically sealed groups.
I'd like to see the source though, Xinhua is only slightly more reliable than Debka.
32 posted on
05/30/2012 6:51:55 PM PDT by
cookcounty
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