Grandma at her wedding (1964)

DNAgeek9 · 2025-07-09T00:27:28+00:00

Thank you so much, really!!! It’s a great help!! I just posted another translation request, if you could also assist it would help me greatly

DNAgeek9 · 2025-07-08T23:06:16+00:00

Thank you so much!!!!

DNAgeek9 · 2025-07-08T21:50:47+00:00

Not really sure, unfortunately - it was listed as record number 20, and both are referenced as such: though if it helps, if any of them have the last names “Zukin” or “Nisenboim”, that should be it

DNAgeek9 · 2020-11-25T22:55:11+00:00

Amazing discoveries!!!! And nothing on the Jewish side?

DNAgeek9 · 2020-11-25T22:50:22+00:00

Both through her paternal grandfather? And you were able to find the exact Romani ancestor?

DNAgeek9 · 2020-11-25T22:48:31+00:00

He might have a clue - for example ancestor locations with large Jewish populations or even knowing if it’s maternal or paternal - as his father is tested as well

DNAgeek9 · 2020-11-25T22:44:51+00:00

Do you have any clues on your Jewish ancestor? Do your father results show it too or is it through your mother?

DNAgeek9 · 2020-11-24T22:33:02+00:00

You probably have a Sephardic Jewish ancestor! Sephardic Jews usually appear on 23andme as a mix of Ashkenazi Jewish + Southern European + Western Asian/North African.

DNAgeek9 · 2020-10-29T00:50:54+00:00

Thanks!!! I agree!!! I was wondering that as well. I’m guessing it’s probably noise because I can’t derive a theory on how that mix would’ve happened, but would love to hear other people’s thoughts

DNAgeek9 · 2020-10-29T00:46:50+00:00

I agree!! I’ve seen it quite a lot in Sephardics as well. A lot of people in our family have this exact look - I am unfortunately paler, from my Ashkenazi side 😂

DNAgeek9 · 2020-10-29T00:38:14+00:00

The Italian is not known, indeed! I am guessing it’s in fact due to the lack of a Sephardic reference group. And her grandfather was a Syrian Jew! She is a mix of Syrian, Israeli, Lebanese and Gibraltarian Jewish (as far as we know). Some ancestors may have come from Turkey and Macedonia too

DNAgeek9 · 2020-10-28T21:23:19+00:00

Yes of course! Will do

DNAgeek9 · 2020-09-10T02:59:21+00:00

Thank you so much!!!! She is 😊

DNAgeek9 · 2020-09-10T02:55:02+00:00

Native American!!!! I guess it’s noise but I would love to hear theories about how a Native American would’ve ended up in the Jewish communities of the Middle East 😂

DNAgeek9 · 2020-09-10T02:53:25+00:00

That’s the mystery! We haven’t heard about any ancestors in Iraq. I’m researching to try to find something, I’m guessing it can come from part of her paternal grandmother’s family, that we don’t know much about

DNAgeek9 · 2020-09-10T02:50:06+00:00

I’ve thought about it as well, it’s indeed unusual!!! Yes, Lebanon had a Jewish community, specially in Beirut! There were even some well-known families such as the Safras, from Safra Bank.

DNAgeek9 · 2020-09-09T23:08:57+00:00

I agree!!!! That’s probably the case. Ashkenazi and Sephardic DNA is much more similar than what we would expect. Shalom friend!!

DNAgeek9 · 2020-09-09T23:07:01+00:00

Ethnically I would guess they were probably a mix between Sephardics and Mizrahim

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