The Jewish R1b Project- Background

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Background


Projected Started on: March 9, 2006
The R1b haplogroup is the most common haplogroup in Western Europe, yet it is found in only a small percentage of Ashkenazi Jews (roughly 10%).
How did this haplogroup makes its way into the Jewish genetic mosaic? There are several possible explanations and theories. However, they remain untested until we have a significant enough sample of data to show whether these results are of recent or distant contribution to the Jewish genetic soup.

IMPORTANT NOTE: We are seeking data from those with a CONFIRMED paternal Jewish heritage. We're sorry, but it is not a project to compare against Crypto-Jewish claims.
Rather, we are trying to ascertain the genetic origins of those we know to be Jews or have such evidence on their paternal side (ie. the paternal grandfather had a bar mitzvah). We are also trying to determine if there are any signs of genetic variance or significant haplotypes within the R1b Jews.

For further information and discussion, visit our Yahoo! Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JewishR1b


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General Fund

Current balance: $315.00

Type Amount Date Donor Note KitNum Donation Type
Debit $500.00 9/30/2011     45475 Unknown
Credit $25.00 8/7/2011 Barbara Kaplan     Individual
Credit $200.00 8/4/2011 Joel F Tribaudini Lost in the Diaspora, patience and perseverance renders obstacles and difficulties insignificant.   Individual
Credit $100.00 4/27/2011 Sharon Keene-Snith Steve Tancos R1b1a2a   Individual
Credit $100.00 4/27/2011 Gil Gelfand     Individual
Debit $500.00 4/26/2011     116134 Unknown
Credit $100.00 4/26/2011 Keith Kaye In Memory of my parents Josse and Helga Kaye (Kaplan)   Memory Of
Credit $20.00 4/25/2011 Sean Silver Here's to those of us whom all assumed were recent "accidents" amid the Jewish genetic soup! Thanks to our perseverence, we're proving them wrong.   Honor
Credit $500.00 3/31/2011 Randol Schoenberg R1b1b2a1b3   Unknown
Credit $25.00 3/25/2011 Jaime Moreno     Individual
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Project Stats

Statistic Type Count
Distinct mtDNA Haplogroups 60
Distinct Y-DNA Confirmed Haplogroups 20
Distinct Y-DNA Predicted Haplogroups 6
Family Finder 61
Maternal Ancestor Information 178
Maternal GEDCOMs Uploaded 30
mtDNA 180
mtDNA Full Sequence 52
mtDNA Plus 125
mtDNA Subgroups 0
Paternal Ancestor Information 271
Paternal GEDCOMs Uploaded 51
Predicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 182
Total Members 397
Unpredicted Y-DNA Haplogroups 0
Unreturned Kits 0
WTY 4
Y-DNA Deep Clade (After 2008) 94
Y-DNA Deep Clade (Prior to 2008) 51
Y-DNA Subgroups 26
Y-DNA111 21
Y-DNA12 394
Y-DNA25 314
Y-DNA37 280
Y-DNA67 146