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2025-08-14 15:42:05 UTC - HELPFUL
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The "Khazar hypothesis" (also "Khazar myth") pertaining to Ashkenazi ancestry has been abandoned and debunked since 1976. It has been contradicted by extensive genetic research. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazar_hypothesis_of_Ashkenazi_ancestry https://hms.harvard.edu/news/ancient-dna-provides-new-insights-ashkenazi-jewish-history https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2013/12/new-genetic-study-more-evidence-for-modern-ashkenazi-jews-ancient-hebrew-patrimony.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25079123/#:~:text=No%20evidence%20from%20genome%2Dwide%20data%20of%20a%20Khazar%20origin%20for%20the%20Ashkenazi%20Jews https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/gb-2009-10-1-r7 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3543766/#:~:text=population%20genetics%20of%20the%20Jewish%20people https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1274378/#:~:text=chromosome%20pool%20is%20distinct%20from%20that%20of%20Europeans https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3595026/#:~:text=the%20genome%20of%20European%20Jews%20is%20a%20tapestry%20of%20ancient%20populations https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2797531/#:~:text=Conclusion,Jewish%20populations%20largely%20share%20a%20common%20Middle%20Eastern%20ancestry https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929710002466 https://www.antihate.ca/_khazar_origin_myth_erroneous_history_antisemitism
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