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Presenter: Bennett Greenspan

The discussion as to the origins of Ashkenazi Jews continues. Some say they did not originate in the Fertile Crescent region of the Middle East but instead are descendants of Khazars who converted to Judaism in Eastern Europe. But what do the genetics say? In this talk, Bennett Greenspan revisits the genetic ancestry of Jews (Ashkenazim and Sephardim.) Using male-inherited Y-DNA, he compares the signatures common among Middle Eastern populations with those of European populations, with some surprising - or perhaps not-so-surprising results.