FACT CHECK · IDENTITY & HISTORY
Claim: Today's Jews aren't the real Israelites
FALSETHE ANSWER
'Jew' is from Yehudah (Judah), a son of Israel (Jacob). Jews descend from Judah, Benjamin and Levi. DNA: Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews share Levant ancestry (Behar, Nature 2010).
SOURCE
Behar et al., Nature 466 (2010); Atzmon et al., AJHG (2010)
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