Re: Iranian joining in!
Reply #61 - August 03, 2010, 12:15 PM
"Semites" is not a biological classification. It is a classification based on language. If you look at the genetic history, Jews are more closely related to Kurds and Turkish people than to Arabs.
The haplogroup J1 is associated with the Semite peoples. It originated in the Arabian peninsula and is the most frequent haplogroup there. Many Jews (including the majority of Ashkenazim) have it. Many Jews today are also quite related to a lot of Palestinians as previous studies have shown.
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