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Comment by jameshilliard

> Lol that you cropped out the rest of that sentence:

This part of the quote appears to indicate an overwhelming majority of Near Eastern ancestry, the remaining part of the quote is simply adding more details/context:

> the MSY results interpreted plausibly to suggest an overwhelming majority of Near Eastern ancestry on the Ashkenazi male line of descent

Do you see those citation links associated with the lines you quoted in the article?

Lets follow one[0] and see what publication it is referencing[1] so we can be sure we are correctly understanding this section.

Next lets look at the referenced article[1] to get some more context.

The article being referenced by the citation also clearly supports a Near East paternal lineage(in addition to European Ancestries) from the title alone:

> Multiple Origins of Ashkenazi Levites: Y Chromosome Evidence for Both Near Eastern and European Ancestries

So it's clearly the case that Ashkenazi Jews have Near Eastern ancestry in addition to European.

I do have a bit of a background myself in biology but research papers like this shouldn't be that hard to follow even if you don't.

[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms3543#ref-CR22

[1] https://doi.org/10.1086%2F378506

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