The Ashkenazi have nothing in common with with the people of the Middle East, the first time that the Ashkenazi had ever touched the soil of the Middle East was never before 1882 when these white Europeans began to arrive in Palestine. But the Ashkenazi have a lot in common with each other: they have that Ashkenazic look, they have their own cuisines, they have their very own genetic diseases and mental illnesses, and most important, their DNA has been determined to be 100% Ashkenazi. So please remind me how are these European people connected to the Middle East?