“Maybe you can produce a study that shows the Ashkenazi are Levantines? Good luck with that. Doesn’t exist!
Reality. Centuries ago a few Jews moved there for trade. They married locals and converted locals. That’s why most have ZERO Levantine ancestry! Not rocket science!”
— Blog. 23andme. com/articles/ashkenazi-ancestry-and-health
“While most people with Ashkenazi ancestry trace their DNA to Eastern and Central Europe, they are often more genetically like other Jewish populations — such as Sephardic Jews or Jewish groups with roots in Iran, Iraq, or Syria — than other Europeans. “