It also seems to be of immense interest to the rest of the world - more than 30 (!) different population genetics studies have published in the past 20 years trying to uncover the genetic history of our people.
In this blog, I'll try to sum up as clearly as possible, in layman's terms, the complete picture that has been drawn so far by these recent genetic studies regarding the origins of the Jewish people.
I will also use this blog as an opportunity to lay out my own theory about the origins of several of the more demographically dominant Jewish ethnic groups (such as Ashkenazi, Sephardi etc.). Thanks to the advancements in population genetics and DNA ancestry tests which can be done at home in relatively affordable prices, we are at an exciting age where tons of cultural and linguistic mysteries and basically dark corners of the of the history of populations can be uncovered with the help of genomic tools.
However, despite the boom in published studies and the amount of knowledge gathered in this exciting field, very few people roll up their sleeves and try do their own study with the abundance of readily available open genetic data.
Sometimes this means that even an amateur such as myself can pick up on connections that no one in either the scientific community or semi-professional popular genetics blogs has noticed before.
And last but not least, the intent of this blog is also to help disprove once and for all the notorious "Khazar hypothesis" which should have been buried for good as a result of genetic studies, but is still being propagated endlessly by pseudo-scientists, scientists with political agendas, and anti-Semites.
In essence, this blog is a pop-science Jewish genetics blog, focusing on the origins and the history of the Jewish people. It's main purpose is to be accessible and readable to the non-scientific general audience.
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