that Jewish people have a genetic marker passed down through their mother that no one else has?
How can people find out if they have it?
2006-07-23 16:07:35 · 3 answers · asked by nancy jo 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
since I'm talking genetics, I would think it would be obvious I mean people who are born of Jewish parents....lol
2006-07-24 00:17:08 · update #1
Here is what started this rumor. http://www.med.nyu.edu/genetics/research/jewish_origins.html
Remember since you can convert to Judaism that there would not be a genetic marker for every Jew.
2006-07-23 17:15:11 · answer #1 · answered by kiz_ma_az 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Huh? No. What do you think happens to people who convert to Judaism -- they spontaneously mutate? What utter B......
I think you might be confused because of matrilineal descent, which pretty much means you use your female ancestors to trace your lineage. That has nothing to do with actual genetic markers, just with cultural preference.
Your "born of Jewish parents" thing didn't make this any less ridiculous. Again, how do you propose someone's genes react to "religion"? Does the marker appear if one of the parents *was* Jewish? What if you convert, does it go away? Religion is not a genetic factor.
2006-07-23 23:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by ZenLibrarian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-23 23:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋