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06/08/2010: Analysis of Jewish genomes refutes the Khazar claim

 

The latest DNA study weighs in on the controversial, centuries-old claim that European Jews are all the descendants of Khazars, a Turkic group who converted to Judaism in the late eighth and early ninth century.  DNA says no.  Click here to read more about the study in an article in Newsweek. 

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