FACT CHECK · IDENTITY & HISTORY
Claim: Ashkenazi Jews: DNA is about half Middle Eastern
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Genetics says a mix: about 40-50% Middle Eastern, 50-60% European ancestry (Carmi 2014, Xue 2017); Jews cluster near Druze and Cypriots. Nazi law in 1935 defined them as a separate race.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Genetic studies of Jews; Nuremberg Laws
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