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2024-09-25 07:28:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 11A2141E6A587DDBED25547F31E4C33B480EC6856BE4480B103D6E414A705044
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The majority of recent genetic studies confirm significant Middle Eastern ancestry in Ashkenazi Jews: 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32470400/ 2. https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1006644 3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36455558/ Amongst the Samaritans, who have never left the Land of Israel, having fairer features is not uncommon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans
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