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"Most Ashkenazi Jews are genetically Europeans, surprising study finds"
"All told, more than 80 percent of the maternal lineages of Ashkenazi Jews could be traced to Europe, with only a few lineages originating in the Near East.
Virtually none came from the North Caucasus, located along the border between Europe and Asia between the Black and Caspian seas."
"The genetics suggest many of the founding Ashkenazi women were actually converts from local European populations"
