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2024-09-26 21:15:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 216F6A8CB0095B753757D7765122E094AF4D68582460C1B9D179244407E6B028
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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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