“Jewish populations originated in the Middle East and shared ancestry with one another. The major Jewish groups are European, North African and Middle Eastern Jews (Campbell, et al., 2013). European Jews (Ashkenazi, Italian, Sephardic) are derived almost equally from Southern European and Middle Eastern populations, reflecting conversion and intermarriage during Classical Antiquity. Despite the large geographical range that they assumed over time, subgroups could not be identified within the Ashkenazi Jewish population.”