National Geographic has a project where they identify the true origin of “native” populations using DNA. I don’t know the exact methodology but the results are interesting.
For example, and not surprisingly, most of Tunisia’s collective DNA comes from north Africa and only 4% from Arabia.
Egypt is a bit more Arab, but not that much. And it has a small but significant number of Jewish genes (which, if I’m reading this correctly, means Ashkenazic, but I’m not sure.)
Lebanon is much more of a mix, with less than half from Arabia and 14% from Jews:
Ashkanazic Jews themselves are mostly Jewish, not surprisingly, with some admixture from Eastern Europe and Arab countries.
Not surprisingly, Jewish blood is also seen in Spanish communities in the New World.
I have no idea if Sephardic Jews are in any of these samples or at what date in history they judge genes to come from the “Jewish diaspora.”
National Geographic offers to do a DNA test on anyone to determine their origins, with the results being added to the database (if you choose.)
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