66 out of 67 — More on my DNA matches

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Jan Tucker


 

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Just got an update on my DNA matches: there’s an individual, Leibish Halpern, who’s matched to me at 66 out of 67 genetic mutation markers. Don’t have a clue by conventional genealogy as to how we’re related, but this kind of DNA doesn’t lie.

Best thinking these days as to how my ancestors wound up in subclade G2c of Y chromosome Haplogroup G is that we have a common ancestor who left Northern Iraq and wound up in Sicily around the 11th century. In the 12th century, Sicily came under Spanish rule, so in 1493, the Spanish inquisition kicked the Jews, including my ancestor, out of Sicily. Eventually my grandfather wound up in Tereshki, Belarus before coming to the United States.

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One Response to 66 out of 67 — More on my DNA matches

  1. saulgordon says:
    September 6, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    Very interesting.