THE GENETIC ORIGINS OF THE ANCIENT ISRAELITES 

As a geneticist, this was actually really well done. You employed the right models (your interpretation of principal component analysis was on point), and you connected it with history at a high level. Fascinating stuff and good use of the research.

All i know is Palestine belongs to Palestinians

So here you go people, Palestinians are the people most related to ancient Israelites. They are the indigenous people of the land!

Thank you for not having any bias towards any one side, just pure research and no agenda. Thank you sir

As a Jew, what a beautfiful video on this with no hate. We need that. Sending love to you, and every group in the diverse and culturally rich levant

I did FamilyTree DNA & Ancestry DNA, am 13% mizrahi jewish, 81% southern Levantine Canaanite, 2% Yemenite Jewish 3% Sephardic Jewish,1% Caucasus/Mesopotamian area. But am a Palestinian 😮

Hi, I’m one of the Samaritans actually, really great video, I’m from the Cohen family as well , after doing the DNA test from 23andMe it turned out the same as you mentioned , thank you for pointing this out!😊

As a fellow Mountain Jew, my community’s endangered language was always very Semitic and had modern Arabic’s sounds and elements. We always looked much more like other Jewish communities from Syria and Iraq and even middle eastern Arabs than the people from Azerbaijan (the place we resided for 1,000+ years). Nonetheless, I’ve always wondered if my family’s history was, in fact, true, especially after seeing the entire world suddenly question my identity. I’m very grateful for your video and now feel more proud of who I am. I hope we can all watch this and ultimately become better people as a result. Thank you, sir

American of Mexican descent here.. my dna shows I have levant dna from my father and I share dna with several Anatolian bodies they have found as well as one Natufian male body they have found. I am a converted Jew and I am often told by the Palestinian supporters that I am fake .. thanks for making a video proving I’m not crazy. Ps. I also have Philistine dna

I am speechless as usual! Your work enlightens us with what cutting edge technology has to offer, all wrapped up in an easy to follow commentary.. brilliant!!

If everyone was this informed, we would have peace 🕊️

There is evidence that many Palestinians had ancestors who were once Jews. Israeli researcher Tsvi Misinai conducted anthropological research throughout several Palestinian villages. According to his findings, there are certain customs and traditions among the Palestinians that are of Judaic origins.

As a LEBANESE person, I want to say 3 things. 1. We "Middle Easterners" are very diverse, genetically. The Levantine countries are more similar to each other, but still different. Lebanon generally has the whitest people in the region, our dna deriving primarily from the Levant and Caucuses, and secondarily from Europe. Our DNA is similar to the northern Palestinians he's talking about, who also have light features. And to Syrians who border us also. We do not look like Mizrahi Jews. So the point is, there are different ancestries, and many of us have Caucasian features (particularly in Lebanon). 2. The Palestinians are more native than modern day Jews that migrated there. In contrast, many Jews came from the outside in recent times. Except for Mizrahis. 3. To be transparent, I'm no supporter of political Zionism. But I have to agree with AncestralBrew, genes aren't everything. I personally don't think the Israel-Palestine conflict should be decided by genes at all. While we should acknowledge the fact that Palestinians are definitely native to the land, this does not mean that the Jews who came from Europe don't belong there. You can't just claim land based on ancestry. I'm 100% Lebanese, with some of my dna going back to the Romans, the Levant, and the Caucuses. Does this give me a right to claim Italy, Israel, and Turkey now? To put it more emphatically, Lebanese have the most Canaanite DNA of anybody in the world, according to recent genetic studies. But if we go by that, then Lebanese have the greatest claim to the entire region. And the Jews and even Palestinians should pack up and leave. Obviously, that would be absurd. Instead of going by DNA, I think the so-called holy land should be split fairly between people who were born and raised there. Easier said than done, I get it. But that would be the model to go by, not genetics.

So technically Palestinians are more Israeli than the "Israelis" occupying their homeland. You'd think the occupiers would see the Palestinians as the purest link to their ancestors and worship them.

I am an Ashkenazi Jew who was born and grew up in Russia. However when I came to the USA many Arabs ( Mostly Lebanese and Syrians) think that I am an Arab and one even showed me a picture of his cousin who lives in Syria, who looks like my twin. My DNA showed 99.4% Ashkenzai Jew with an ancestry from Lavant, North Asia and Europe.

I'm both a biologist and a peace activist here in Israel-Palestine, I thought that this video was really well done and with a very positive message. I have a group of Israelis and Palestinians that are working together on a peace proposal. We have a section on Mutual Recognition of Historic Connection and I added a link to this video since I think that it really captures the message that we want to convey about using research on ancestry and history as a way to bring people together

Even without genetics, it was clear that the Samaritans and Palestinians were descendants of the ancient Israelites. The populations of the Levant, Muslims, Christians, Druze, Samaritans and Alawites, generally look like each other physically, with regional differences ( syrians of Aleppo are different from a Palestinian from the south of palestine. They share the same culture. Israelis, even Mizrahi, do not look like Palestinians except for the rare Levantines and Iraqi Jews (and then again) so not even talking about the Ashkenazim who are the majority of the Jewish people. On the other hand, I agree that genetics is not identity. The problem is not that AN extremely genetically diverse populations can see themselves as a single people with the same origin but that this assertion seeks to erase the indigenous people. Israelis do not accept the fact that it is a country born from colonization and then immigration. For this they are trying to deny the Palestinians a truth which says that they are indeed indigenous. The Palestinians on the other side are so steeped in Arab nationalism that they have never collectively sought to tell their real story and not the myth that would make them Arabs of Arabia. I am North African, I am Arab but I know that my ancestors 1400 years ago spoke Amazigh. I know that my Arabness is an identity and not a genetic one. Genetically I am a North African from the northeast of Algeria. But at the end of the day i hope that palestinians and israelis leave in peace !

Very well done; I appreciate your respectful approach! Peace to you too!🕊

you do the best analysis on genetic origins

This video kicked off with a huge fallacy. One of the two samples, the J-ZS241 sample in particular which is used as a genetic proxy for Ancient Israelites, is associated with Pre-Israelite Canaanite populations in the Levant who at their genesis are more genetically related to various Hurro-Urartian derived groups like the Mittani, Guttians, Hurrians etc. who entered the Levant during the mid-Bronze Age and assimilated into, as well as invaded, conquered and precipitated the collapse of several indigenous Semitic civilizations such as the Ebla civilization in Syria as well as the Akkadian empire. The Eblaites and Akkadians in all likelihood, are the most closely related ancestral population to the Israelites, who themselves were most likely descendants of the Natufians who were Proto-Semites. Bronze Age Canaanites are descendants of Kura-Araxes civilization who were not Semitic speakers, initially, but adopted the language later from indigenous Semites in the region (descendants of Natufians). The Israelites and Canaanites were absolutely NOT the same people, based upon what the Israelites wrote about themselves as well as the Canaanites. In the generally accepted timeframe where Abraham would've began his migration away from his homeland in Southern Mesopotamia, is coincidentally the exact same time when several Hurro-Urartian groups, along with the Amorites who were heavily assimilated with these groups, invaded and took over Akkad, Ebla and Ur (Abraham's homeland). And you can observe the animus between Abraham and his tribe and descendants and the Hurro-Urartian/Amorite descendants (Bronze Age Canaanites) All over the Torah/Tanakh. Additional evidence is found in some of the names of the enemies of the Israelites that they encountered as they left Egypt and entered the Levant. Several names of Canaanites and Canaanite tribes that were conquered by the Israelites were Hurrian derived linguistically. Sheshai and Talmai (Joshua 15:14) The Perrizites, Girgashites and Hivites are of Hurrian origin (Hess et al.). While the Hittites and Jebusites are thought to be of Indo-European origin. These are the groups that Bronze Age Canaanite DNA samples belong to, not the Israelites. The Israelites most likely derive from the Southern Mesopotamian originiated Nomadic Habiru (Hebrews), Who have the exact same migration pattern, were slaves in Egypt just like the Israelites and they invaded the land of Canaan after being slaves in Egypt as documented in the Amarna letters Israelites = Egypto-Habiru (Descendants of Natufians/Proto-Semites) Bronze Age Canaanites = Hurro-Urartian (Descendants of Kura-Araxes culture) Two completely different peoples.

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"Hitler usually concluded this historical speculation by remarking: ‘You see, it’s been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. … The Mohammedan religion … would have been much more compatible to us than Christianity.’ ” For the pro Palestine , anti-Semite here whose profile pic is a swastika, you may want to look up Nazi collaborator Al Hussaini, also look up which Islamic countries allied with Hitler in WW2. If you guessed Arab Palestinian leaders you are correct. Quote taken from Francisco Gil, online newsletter.

I am grateful for these videos, and I hope they help people see we should stand together as brothers and sisters. Remembering that corporations and banks make trillions, and gain land from the death and destruction of the innocent. We are not each other’s enemies my beloveds no matter how the narrative is pushed.

Great video. So basically, if we base it purely on genetics, the argument that Israelis have rights to land over the Palestinians is false. As both are descendants of the biblical Israelites.

So it would seem Ethiopian Jews are not ethnically Jewish at all

Great and thorough job Ali 👌

As a Jewish person I love the ending of your video the peaceful flags together.

Can you do vid on the Han Chinese? Is their belief in the multi regional hypothesis of human evolution correct and that their race evolved in China and not in Africa?

As a Bukharian Jew, I appreciate that you spelled our name correctly and acknowledged our indigenous roots to the land of Israel…but why did you use an image of a Bukharian Jew wearing a hijab? We don’t wear that! That is a Muslim custom that was forced on us but we no longer wear it because now we have the freedom not to do it anymore.

I find it very interesting that apart from Samaritans, modern day middle eastern Christians (Palestinians, Jordanians, etc.) have the closest genetic distance to ancient Israeli DNA samples. So perhaps, modern day middle eastern Christians are the true descendants of ancient Israelis.

The ancient Israelites were mostly Canaanites who embraced the worship of Yahweh with an Amorite immigrant minority “Abraham and his descendants,” meaning they were not much different from the rest of the inhabitants of the land of Canaan genetically, and three-quarters of the genes of the current population of Palestine are from the ancient inhabitants of Canaan, and the other quarter is mostly Greek and Arab

This is just an additional layer onto what i've already read about in many books: The Palestinians that remained on the land retained a far higher ancestral heritage to ancient Israelites than the Colonizing Ashkenazi Jews that use Zionism as a political tool to dispossess the Indigenous Palestinians.

He skipped the entire 430 years in Africa where they go in 70 souls and come out a nation Psalms 105:23 “Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.” Psalms 105:24 “And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.”

Great video as usual.

Hebrew is a Semitic language, from the Afro-Asiatic language family, known as the language of the Jews and the Samaritans. It belongs to the Canaanite language family and is the only Canaanite language spoken today

If the analysis would be conducted focusing on maternal lineage, would the results differ substantially?

We have been waiting for this for q while Love it bro thanks

Excellent video , Love thst it stuck to the genetic facts and didn’t make it all about the current conflict

I love this video, this helps to make peace in Levant where going wars, they don't rememer real similar genetics, despite religion and ethnicity

The genetic history of the peoples who made up the Middle East in the Bronze Age is very similar to what is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, in that the Canaanites were the first in the Levant and originated from Ham "north Africa" just like the Netufians, and the Semites are from Mesopotamia and their migration after the flood and just like the Neolithic Iranian farmers from Iraq, and the Anatolians were the Japhethites, Abraham migtation are like the Amorites migration as if the ones who wrote this book wrote it based on oral traditions dating back to the Neolithic era

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Love the way the video keeps on reminding that the region had a diverse mix population.

...should only be used to unite us, not divide us... I like this ♥...

very good very good keep making videos about the Semitic people now make a video about the Nabataeans

israelites were from abraham father,abraham is from Ur,ur is Iraq right?

Palestinian as a people is a modern identity during the British Mandate time and they are very diverse as well just like the Jews but somehow the genetic studies use population from certain regions which have higher population of Christians and Samaritans which constitute a very minute percentage of the whole Palestinian people. The Palestinian genetic study should be done by including the information of which clans, tribes, families that they come from because each group are not mixing or intermarrying one another. They marry within their own clans/tribes (50% of marriage in Palestinian communities are cousin marriages). There are actually Palestinians who descend from the modern diaspora Jews for instance the Makhamara clan in Yatta, Hebron have tradition of coming from Khaybar Jews which in turn were Yemenite Jews. In 1938 during the British Mandate, they still maintain their Jewish tradition like celebrating Hanukkah with the other Jews despite being Muslims. There are also very notable great families among the Israeli Arabs in Haifa and the north as well as northen Palestinians known as Abulafia and Abuhasira who were descendant from Sephardic Jews who came to Ottoman Levant in 15th century from the Spanish Inquisition. Many Israeli Sephardi Jews with the same surname (Abuhatzira and Abulafia) who can trace their generations back to Ottoman times are from the same people who nnever convert to Islam. Apart from the known modern day Jewish descendant clans/families there are also the prominent Husaini and Nusaybah clans are 7th CE Quraysh Arabs while the Abu Ghoshes are descendants of the 12 CE Eastern European Crusades and their Kurdish counterpart; al-Kurdi, the Nashashibis who are 15th CE Circassians, the Doghmush in Gaza who are 20th CE Turks, the Bushnak the 19th CE Bosniaks. There are also a Chechen neighbourhood in Abu Ghosh in Palestine who came in 19th century as well. And don’t forget the Afro Palestinians and the nomadic Bedouin tribes who have been within their own communities since immemorial. Where are their genetic profiles and why is this not mentioned at all and the results somehow suggest as if all of these people are uniform and homogeneously descended from the ancient Samaritans even prior to the Arab Conquest of the Levant in 7th century, prior to the Crusades, Mamluks, Ottoman and British period?

The Israelites are definitely NOT the Israelis.

Interesting, I have a few questions. Why state Israelite (12 Tribes via Jacob), but change to Semitic? Semitic only relates to people that speak those Semitic languages ( Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic). T-CTS6250 and J-ZS241 are both European Haplogroups not Afro-Asiatic/Shemites. Wouldn't the Natufians have to come from one of the "Oldest Tribes in the world" based on your dates? That would rule out any modern day Arab as they did not arrive until after Egypt fall. "Resurrecting the Ancient Israelites From the Valley of Dry Bones" Blessing to all who seek. 🙏

The bones of Mesadah fighters must be used as ancient judeans DNA not Megiddo bones which might be from not Israeli but Phoenicians

Thank you for your video 🙏

Jews were monothesitic BEFORE the exiles, the the Temple in Jerusalem was for one god only. As for the comment at the end - BEAUTIFUL. let's see we are all connected, the Jew became a Muslim, Arab mixed with Iranian etc.

Except you "forgot" to mention that the Y-chromosomal markers that lead you to conclude Samaritans are descendants of Aaron, are the exact same Y-chromosomal markers on Jews with the last name Cohen or some variant. Which is how you came to that conclusion in the first place.

The genesis of humanity traces back to prehistoric eras, extending beyond the inception of human civilization - perhaps even when our ancestors swam as fishes in primordial oceans. It's vital to acknowledge that our presence isn't solely a product of individual desires. Amid conflicts, viewing each other as interconnected siblings, transcending diverse religions, cultures, and languages, becomes paramount. Each of us holds a unique significance in the vast, enigmatic expanse of our cosmic home, a fleeting existence amidst countless stars. The universe, intriguingly, resides within each of us. We are made of atoms, and atoms can't be destroyed?........

I’d love if you had 1,000 Israelite samples instead of 2. I want to do the test and do the deeper dive with you. Amazing channel, great work. So fascinating and wonderful and has enlightened me to the rich beautiful diversity we have today based on some core ingredients. Looking forward to your continued mini docs.

يعني الفلسطينيون أجدادهم السامريون وهم من طايفه اليهود يعني الفلسطينيون هم السامريون والسامريون هم الفلسطينيون نفس الشي يعني الفلسطينيون هم سكان البلاد الأصليين وليس يهود بولندا وأوكرانيا

So in conclusion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict its two native people fighting for the same land? One of the two natives stayed and the other wants to return but neither want to co-exist?

The sample size for bronze age Israelites is two and they don't match and they are poor quailty. They are not compared to contemporary Samaritans, only modern. And Samaritans have had 2,000+ years to become homogeneous. Therefore they are the same as bronze age Israelites? What is the margin for error? 50%? 100%?

Excellent Study. I agree with the comment above that the PCA was done properly. (Mulitvariate anaysis is my area of expertise) I'm an Israeli archaeologist and the connection to Natufian and Neolithic populations is particularly interesting. It looks like a good, solid study. I am sharing it. I am sure you have a professional paper coming out of this, and I'd love to get a copy if you do.

I don't get the idea that someone claim to have the right to a land because he is believed to be a descendant of someone who have lived on that land thousands of years ago It is compeletly ridicious

Basically, Jews in Israel have a very small genetic link to the area, while Palestinians & Lebanese do. Why does Israel ban DNA testing, without a court order.

I am talking about the Israelites and Hebrews before Judaism was codified. if you listened, the Caanites mixed with the Israelites. It took a couple of hundred of years for the Israelites to move from polytheism to montheism during the time of Moses. The ancient Israelites were a mix of different Semitic tribes. The Palestinians were not there at that time.

This is true i believe, the culture of the ancient jews is more likely to be middle eastern culture than european culture..

I always knew the Palestinians were the descendants of the ancient Israelites! I have always said this to be the case. Great video! Very well presented

Human DNA goes back at least 2 million years. The last 15,000-20,000 years are merely a drop in the bucket. Less history and more anthropology would be great. Thanks

Thanks for another very informative video. I've been studying the Israel /Palestinian question for the last five years, and your videos has been extremely helpful. Peace.

There was Violent mass Samaritan conversion to Islam in 19 century Grand Rabbi Osman empire tried hard to stop conversion of Samaritans in 19 cemetery However, significant part of Nablus city are Samaritans ancestors Again it depends on area

Prior to the existence of the Israelites and Canaanites, the region was inhabited by a people known as the Natufians. The people that have the most ancestry derived from the Natufians are the Yemenis from Mahra (70-75%). If I were to use zionist logic, this would mean that they have the most legitimate claim to the land of Israel/Palestine.

This is the clearest information I have seen on the origin of the ancient Hebrews.

Palestinians in the south are largely descendants of Bedouin tribes, and a significant portion of Gazans as well. Well the rest are pretty much descended of local Levantines who converted to Islam and Christianity. The Negev area was very much like Jordan a very Bedouin area connected to the Arabian peninsula

So, I wonder if the modern Jews have any ancient Hebrew ancestry at all.

Why are all these depictions so determinedly white? That was not the ancient world at all. In fact everyone in your samples looks Italian.

Under 1000 people 8:15 Samaritans marking Passover on Mount Gerizim near Nablus Total population ~874 (2022)[1]

Good video and analysis, however, using only two genetic samples is not sufficient to draw overall conclusions from. Your analysis of two ancient genomes can only apply to the genetic lineage of those two ancient genomes and not a broader conclusion about the genetic origins of the Jewish people. You need a much larger sample size.

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Prophet Ibrahim is of Chaldean origin, and they are a people who migrated from the Al-Ula region in the northwest of the current state of Saudi Arabia 4,500 years ago due to drought and desertification to Mesopotamia, Iraq and Syria today. He moved to the Levant and Palestine or the land of Canaan, and he married his cousin Sarah. Then from Hagar, the mother of Ismail, who lived in Mecca while his brother Isaac remained in Palestine. During the era of the Prophet Joseph, they moved to Egypt and remained there for approximately 430 years. The Children of Israel intermarried with the peoples who lived among them, and then after leaving Egypt and the wanderings, they lived around the area of ​​Palestine. Until they invaded it and established a state, and then came the Babylonian invasion, after which they spread throughout the region and the world... and with regard to the Jews of the Arab region, including the Samra sect, they are distributed in several regions (Jews around the world are a mixture of multiple races and nationalities and are not pure in race)... and of course Some of them converted to Christianity, and some of them became Muslims. There are Palestinian families of Jewish origins, such as the Dweik, Rajoub, and others. The controversy surrounding the Jews in this time is a deception and exploitation of the Jewish religion and Jews around the world for the sake of an expansionist colonial project in the Arab region. The world to control and dominate energy sources, trade routes and influence

Great video! In a side note your channel only has eurasians ancient history. Are you planning on doing some videos on sub Saharan Africans in the future. They’re thousands of ethnic groups across the African continent for more video content.

Yes, Palestinian are closer to Israelites than Jews because they lived in this land since ancient times and many of them descend from these Israelites, they just converted to Christianity and Islam. On the other hand Ashkenazi Jews (the European Jews) who descends from Ukraine would have much less similarity. Thank god they can’t steel DNA!

Gene research from 2001 by a highly experienced immunologist found no discernable difference between Middle Eastern Jews and Palestinians. The Palestinians descend from Jews who converted to Christianity and Islam later. Palestinians may speak Arabic and the majority practice an Arabian religion, but they are genetically levantines who never left the land and go back 4000 years. One researcher from Israel put the Arab genes in Palestinians at less than 5%. Either way, the Palestinians are the continuous inhabitants of the land and the indigenous people. Israelis teach their children that Palestinians are 'recent Arab migrants' to the region and this is an act of genocidal erasure of the native people. Palestinians have the most claim to the land, yet on any post about Palestinian culture you'll see Zionists show up mocking and dismissing it. Other colonial powers at least acknowledge the indigenous people as indigenous, the Israelis believe themselves to be the indigenous people and the Palestinians to be foreigners. It's like Australians trying to claim Britain in two thousand years because of their ancestry, and saying that the Brits who never left aren't native to Britain. Until Zionists rectify this fantasy, they will continue to oppress and deny Palestinian people. They must catch up with modern science and archaelogy, because it will become common knowledge eventually, and the Holocaust they are committing on the Palestinians will be even more morally indefensible. If that's even possible.

Fascinating report, thank you.

So If you watch the two videos about Israelites and Palestinians, the conclusion is that The israelites = palestinians, so the palestinians are the true inhabitants and indeginous of this region, and recently colonised by europeans who claim to be israleites...

jew isnt an ethnicity, its a religion. the word is treated unfairly. i mean if we think about Christianity or Islam as an ethno-religious idea it completely breaks down. i mean how would Malaysians and north Africans be considered 1 ethnicity right? so how are ruso-jews and north african jews 1 ethnicity? they're simply not. judaism isnt ethno-religious, its simply religious.

80-to-90% of world Jews are Ashkenazis who came from Europe. The Torah (Genesis 10:3) says they descend from Gomer and Japheth but NOT from Shem. Ashkenazis are NOT even Semites according to the Torah.

Palestinians are most similar to ancient Israelites. Modern Jews are not genetically related to ancient Jews

Am i part of one of these Jewish tribes can you tell me my last name is rosenbaum ?

The most common Y-chromosomal haplogroups among Ashkenazi Jews are E1b1b1, J1, J2 and R1a1a. The study of Y-chromosomes has shown that the majority of Ashkenazi Jews are descendants of immigrants from the Middle East. The migration took place presumably 1300-2200 years ago.

Please make a video about Punjabi DNA from both modern day Pakistan and India.

Why do you say that the Israelites worship the God of the Canaanites'? That is so wrong you have no Idea what you are talking of! Shurely Canaanites (Ham is his father), Semites and Japhethites are family, and because of that they knew Yahweh the God of their father Noah. The reason why this is so wrong is because Canaanites even when knowing that Noah their Grandfather worship the creator of Heaven and Earth, they began to worship Idols like Egypt and Sumer (Babylon).

Very well done. One thing to keep in mind though is that although the ancient Israelites do descend from the Canaanites, not all Canaanites were ancient Israelites especially keeping in mind that they were the enemies of the Israelites of that era. So matching with Canaanite ancestry can show that you likely descend from the Canaanites, they could very well be the Canaanites that didn't split off at the schism into Judaism and you have no ancient Israelite ancestry. Another thing to keep in mind is that many of the ancient Israelites come from different countries and areas of the world so not all of them are local Canaanites. A good percentage of the main biblical characters are from countries other than Israel/Canaan such as Saul from Tarshis Turkey, Timothey from Lystra Turkey, Abraham from Ur Iraq, Barnabas from Cyprus and many others.

Note that Y-DNA hplogroup E1b1 is African in origin and over 80% of Africans carry it. People who carry it today that don't look African are mixed. The Natufians carried Y-DNA hplogroup E1b1. The Natufians did NOT have the A111T mutation in the SLC24A5 and SLC45A2 gene that caused pale skin in Middle Easterners and other West Eurasian populations. Proving they were purely African genetically and phenotypically. Haplogroup J, on the other hand originate from the Caucasus mountain and made their way into the the Middle East, hence bringing the gene for light skin.

Amorites are mentioned in the old testament. Joshua 10:12- Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon; And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

The Samaritan Kohanim are E1b1 vs the J-P58 CMH. E1b1 DNA (Both E1b1a and E1b1b) is NAUTIFIAN

Khazars not Semites

@Ancestralbrew The Samaritans were converted into the Muslim Palestinians, so you in essence are comparing Samaritans with people who were Samaritans!!

Average Gazans hold 64% Samaritan like DNA which is still huze percentage 😥

Great video and quite accurate, looking for one about Egyptians DNA soon ❤

Very good

This is a refreshing approach.

I take serious issue with using the Samaritans as place holders for the ancient Israelite population. This is because despite being endogenous it is almost certain that there much have been some intermarriage with non Samaritan populations as did happen with Jews. tis not to say that Palestinians aren’t indigenous or descendants of Israelites but it makes Jews look less indigenous than they are. The genetic closeness charts for the ancient Israelite population are available on Illustrativedna and the order of relatedness to the population is roughly 1. Lebanese Christian 2. Palestinian/Jordanian Christian 3. Lebanese Shia. 4. Mizrahi Jews 5. Palestinian Muslims. 6. Ashkenaz. Utilizing the Samaritan as a place holder despite them still being relatively far from the ancient Israelites, makes Mizrahim look not related at all to ancient Israelites.

Maybe I'm wrong, but ethnicity is inherited from the mother among Jews. An mRNA study should probably be done.

the real problem is not about the genetic at all