k1a1b1a and Jewish

[pamelaw]

I have a question. I was told that I have no known Jewish ancestry. So now I don't know what my Haplogroup K is? If Jewish is a religion then can Haplogroup K be called something else? If it is not Jewish what is it?

This is what she said.
Here's the basic puzzle: if the original k1a1b1a was non-Jewish, why is it that over 90% of current k1a1b1a are Jewish? Jews were always a minority in Europe, and if k1a1b1a was a European haplogroup, we would expect more Europeans to be k1a1b1a. It is hard to explain why there aren't more non-Jewish k1a1b1a.


Pamela

[cacio]

In his paper on the founding mothers, Behar claims that essentially all K1a1b1a is Ashkenazi. However, its sister lineages K1a1b1 (without the last a) are found throughout certain parts of Europe (eg Italy).

One possible conclusion is that the specific K1a1b1a is only Jewish, meaning it arose in a Jewish woman a few thousand years ago. But where this lineage itself stems from, I don't think one can say right now. It could be from the Middle East (little detailed K data is available there), or from Europe.

cacio

[jloe]

I have a question. I was told that I have no known Jewish ancestry. So now I don't know what my Haplogroup K is? If Jewish is a religion then can Haplogroup K be called something else? If it is not Jewish what is it?

This is what she said.
Here's the basic puzzle: if the original k1a1b1a was non-Jewish, why is it that over 90% of current k1a1b1a are Jewish? Jews were always a minority in Europe, and if k1a1b1a was a European haplogroup, we would expect more Europeans to be k1a1b1a. It is hard to explain why there aren't more non-Jewish k1a1b1a.


Pamela

I said the quote in bold. The origin of k1a1b1a is unknown. However, in my personal opinion, k1a1b1a subclade indicates a very high probability of Jewish ancestry. We've corresponded before, and in my opinion your ancestry was likely, though, not absolutely, Jewish.

Justin

[pamelaw]

Hi

Could my Grandmother not have known that there was Jewish in her family?

Pam