My Mom, according to family lore, had a maternal grandfather from Turkey (who was presumably Sephardic). (Her other three grandparents were Ashkenazim from Moldova, Ukraine, and Romania.)
According to DNA.land's new admixture formula, she is West Eurasian 100%, comprised of Ashkenazi 90%, Sardinian 7.5%, and Ambiguous 2.8% (the percentages don't quite add up).
MyOrigins reports her as 91% Jewish Diaspora (all Ashkenazi Diaspora) and 9% Middle Eastern (all Asia Minor).
It seems that DNA.land is reporting as a Sardinian admixture roughly the same components that MyOrigins is reporting as Middle Eastern (Asia Minor). Perhaps the pre-Expulsion Jewish population in Sardinia has, through conversos and/or intermarriage, significantly contributed to current Sardinian admixtures.
I wonder whether, and to what extent, Sephardic ancestry is reported by DNA.land as a combination of Sardinian and Ashkenazi admixture.
According to DNA.land's new admixture formula, she is West Eurasian 100%, comprised of Ashkenazi 90%, Sardinian 7.5%, and Ambiguous 2.8% (the percentages don't quite add up).
MyOrigins reports her as 91% Jewish Diaspora (all Ashkenazi Diaspora) and 9% Middle Eastern (all Asia Minor).
It seems that DNA.land is reporting as a Sardinian admixture roughly the same components that MyOrigins is reporting as Middle Eastern (Asia Minor). Perhaps the pre-Expulsion Jewish population in Sardinia has, through conversos and/or intermarriage, significantly contributed to current Sardinian admixtures.
I wonder whether, and to what extent, Sephardic ancestry is reported by DNA.land as a combination of Sardinian and Ashkenazi admixture.
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