Yes I have some cousins who when I tried to get them to do DNA asked why? > They said like you they have had suspicions for years,but unfortunately > declined to do the DNA. I was hoping they would as they are the only set > who have all four Grandparents from the Açores. I have recently confirmed > Ashkenazi on my maternal (non Portuguese) side. With some prodding Mom > fessed up to the family secret and told us,of course we had already learned > thru our Aunt that it was our G Grand Mother who had stopped actively > practicing the jewish Faith in that line. I have not worked my Maternal > line at all as have been busy with Dad's,but we do have a pretty good start > from a tree my aunt did while in college,this is where we learned of the > Ashkenazi line. > > > > I agree with you on the calculators regarding diversity in the > Portuguese people as well DNA that MyOrigins is picking up being possibly > thousands of years old. That is what I was trying to point out in my post > about the Jewish Diaspora. As these Jews Migrated through the Northern > Mediterranean on their way to the Iberian Peninsula,They likely picked up > some DNA through intermarriage. That would explain Italy,Greece ETC. The > same with the Jews who migrated along the Northern coast of Africa,When the > Muslim Moors from North Africa Conquered Southern Iberia, North African > Jews came with them along with DNA that had picked up there. That would > explain the Libyan Jew and Moroccan Jew and North African that shows up. > Now the Jews who went east to Mesopotamia/Iraq/South West Asia would only > match to the Jewish DNA, but that would still explain a distant connection. > As for the Ashkenazi there are two possible routes to connect :1 the > connection prior the split in Italy when the group who would become > Sheparim Migrated west to Iberia and the group who would become Askenazi > and (also inbred due to their small numbers) moved into eastern Europe and > the Baltic States. This would explain Serbian,Bosnian,Romanian ETC. This > group would bounce back and force between Eastern Europe and Western Europe > due to persecution. The Ashkenazi were at times in France, Belgium and the > Netherlands. Flanders which borders France,Netherlands and makes up the > Northwest of Belgium is where the Flemings come from. :2 here is the second > connection to the Askenazi for the Azores, And it would explain some of the > European Countries and Baltic States that show up. > Does any of this prove beyond a doubt that one is Shepardim? I doubt it,but it may give clues.
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