The Maternal Genetic Lineages of Ashkenazic Jews

This comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the genetic origins of Ashkenazic Jews focuses on their 129 maternal haplogroups and their connections to the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and East Asia. It definitively shows that all Ashkenazim descend both from the ancient Israelites and from converts to Judaism.

List of contents

Summary
Acknowledgments
1. An Introduction to Ashkenazic History and Genetics
2. Encyclopedia of Ashkenazic Maternal Lineages
3. Non-Ashkenazic Haplogroups in Populations Related to Ashkenazim
4. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Kevin Alan Brook led the study “The Genetics of Crimean Karaites” in the Summer 2014 issue of Karadeniz Araştırmaları and worked as a genetic genealogy researcher specializing in Sephardic Jewish DNA. He is also the author of the book The Jews of Khazaria and many other works on Jewish history.

Summary

This comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the genetic origins of Ashkenazic Jews focuses on their 129 maternal haplogroups and their connections to the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and East Asia. It definitively shows that all Ashkenazim descend both from the ancient Israelites and from converts to Judaism.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Alan Brook
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2022
• EAN: 9781644699836
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-983-6
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Society & social sciences, comparative religion, History of Religion, Society and Social Sciences, Judaism: branches and groups