The fascinating story of Jewish genetic origins

[Richard D]

(Hint, it's not Khazars!)

[AntiFascist]

1. My mother is K2, but...

apparently more Persian ancestry than one of the Jewish K2 haplogroups.
At some point, there was a female cousin of a Jewish K2 ancestor who was an ancestor of Persians.

[Picaro]

2. Truly fascinating

Thanks for posting.

[spike jones]

4. I have heard that when the Jews were kicked out by the Romans (70CE), some escaped to the local hills.

Over the centuries those people became the Palestinians. So, the Jews and the Palestinians are genetically same people. Does anyone know if that is true?
Of course, the main problem between the two populations is religion not kinship.

[Richard D]

5. Like everything else there, it's complex

A lot of information here, some of it contradictory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Palestinians