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  • From: Bearpecs AT aol.com
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] yhwh pronunciation
  • Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:21:54 EDT


In a message dated 7/20/2005 6:34:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il writes:

There are many thousands of Jews who's family traditions claims that they
are descended from priests or levites.


Edward Rothstein. "DNA Teaches History a Few Lessons of Its Own." The New
York Times "Week in Review" (May 24, 1998). Excerpt:
"Last year, for example, Michael Hammer, a geneticist at the University of
Arizona, showed that a genetic analysis of the Y chromosomes of Jewish men
who
ritualistically identified themselves as descendants of the Biblical High
Priest Aaron and are known as Cohanim showed a high transmission of markers
that were less prevalent among Jews who did not identify as Cohanim. This was

evidence, Hammer said, of the accuracy of the oral tradition."

Evidently, something called YAP+ DYS19 Haplotypes occur in over half of
kohanim and less than 5% of the general Jewish population.
The full article, originally published in the journal _Nature_ (Vo. 385, 2
Jan 1997) can be found at: _http://www.familytreedna.com/nature97385.html_
(http://www.familytreedna.com/nature97385.html)





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