FW: Haplogroup W3a1

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>
 > Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:28:31 -0400
 >
 > Bhavani--- I am haplogroup W3a1--and so are you family blood relatives.
 > 
 > Google haplogroup W IF you are at all interested. 
 > 
 > Jacob Christopher- Lee Moak writes:
 > 
 > Several groups with W mtDNA, e.g., Ashkenazi Jews, Yusufzai Pashtuns,
 > and the Bnei Menashe/Kuki clans of India (as well as my own clan,
 > i.e., Isars), claim descent from Hebrew exiles. Is this coincidence?
 > Perhaps, but not likely. The Caucasus and Central Asia were hot spots
 > for haplogroup W in the ancient world, and it is precisely these
 > regions where Israelites and Jews were exiled. They set up large
 > communities throughout Persia and in Georgia, Armenia, Russia,
 > etc.. Intermarriage was only natural, and affected a good portion of
 > the population. Those who returned to the Holy Land after exile took
 > their mixed genes with them and introduced haplogroup W into the
 > population there.  Several groups with W mtDNA, e.g., Ashkenazi Jews,
 > Yusufzai Pashtuns, and the Bnei Menashe/Kuki clans of India (as well
 > as my own clan, i.e., Isars), claim descent from Hebrew exiles. Is
 > this coincidence? Perhaps, but not likely. The Caucasus and Central
 > Asia were hot spots for haplogroup W in the ancient world, and it is
 > precisely these regions where Israelites and Jews were exiled. They
 > set up large communities throughout Persia and in Georgia, Armenia,
 > Russia, etc.. Intermarriage was only natural, and affected a good
 > portion of the population. Those who returned to the Holy Land after
 > exile took their mixed genes with them and introduced haplogroup W
 > into the population there.