{"id":9013,"date":"2014-12-02T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T16:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=9013"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:22:03","slug":"dna-shows-that-jews-came-from-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/dna-shows-that-jews-came-from-the-middle-east.html","title":{"rendered":"DNA Shows That Jews Came from the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This might sound obvious, but this new DNA-driven conclusion is loaded with political impact that will reverberate around the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9014\" style=\"width: 529px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/photo-1202-2014-algemeiner-jews-dna.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9014\" title=\"photo-1202-2014-algemeiner-jews-dna\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/photo-1202-2014-algemeiner-jews-dna.png\" alt=\"article about DNA tests proving Jews came from the Middle East, Algemeiner, 13 November 2014\" width=\"529\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/photo-1202-2014-algemeiner-jews-dna.png 529w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/photo-1202-2014-algemeiner-jews-dna-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/photo-1202-2014-algemeiner-jews-dna-311x300.png 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algemeiner, 13 November 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FamilyTree DNA\u2019s finding is a clear indicator of the growing sophistication of current DNA technology to predict the ancestral origins and geographic spread of our ancestors. For example, some of this testing showed that one of the largest Jewish ancestral groups\u2014Ashkenazi Jews\u2014\u201cdescend from a small group of about 350 individuals who lived between 600 and 800 years ago.\u201d It\u2019s amazing that DNA can be this precise. It will work this way for you too\u2014do it. Sign your family up for DNA testing today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles about Jewish Ancestry &amp; DNA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/jewish-american-newspapers-for-genealogy-at-genealogybank.html\">Jewish American Newspapers for Genealogy at GenealogyBank<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/dna-testing-genealogy-is-it-working-for-you.html\">DNA Testing &amp; Genealogy: Is It Working for You?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/242279654927726165\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish-American Newspaper Archives List<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This might sound obvious, but this new DNA-driven conclusion is loaded with political impact that will reverberate around the world. FamilyTree DNA\u2019s finding is a clear indicator of the growing sophistication of current DNA technology to predict the ancestral origins and geographic spread of our ancestors. For example, some of this testing showed that one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[5523,8,3775,1658,2233,8364,12,8365,8362,5521,8363],"class_list":["post-9013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-ashkenazi-jews","tag-dna","tag-dna-testing","tag-family-history-2","tag-family-research","tag-familytree","tag-genealogy","tag-jewish-ancestry","tag-jewish-genealogy","tag-jews","tag-middle-east"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92787,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013\/revisions\/92787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}