Recent content by AbdoNumen

A Turkish newspaper published the following: The number of anDNA samples is really skyrocketing. Even 350 samples which the researchers plan to focus on for "deeper analysis" is phenomenal! A bit too ancient to my liking, but still highly interesting. www . hurriyetdailynews . com /...

23andMe just lumps together all of the Middle East into one population. So I'm getting: Middle Eastern - 95.7% Italian - 3.4% Ashkenazi Jewish - 0.2% Broadly European - 0.6% But I don't think these results are reliable, because they changed drastically after phasing (adding father and paternal...

Living DNA is one of the only companies that breaks down the Middle East into components. As there are many Europe-centric results, I thought some people would be interested in seeing results from a non-European. As far as I know, I am 100% Mountain Jewish from the Caucasus. Both of my parents...

Is there any indication, official or otherwise, as to when the Hg38 upgrade should be finalized?

As far as Middle/Near Eastern populations go, FTDNA is one of the only companies out there brave enough to break the region down into sub-regions. Though from the samples I've seen, it is heavily weighted toward Asia Minor. My hope is that myOrigins 3.0 will introduce other regions and modal...

Additional skeletons have been unearthed in the Qumran Caves in the West Bank. It's highly likely that these skeletons belong to ancient Jews. sciencenews[dot]org/article/skeletons-could-provide-clues-who-wrote-or-protected-dead-sea-scrolls "Extraction and analysis of DNA from the Qumran...