As a child, it was tempting to lift up the blood crust on an injured knee to see what was underneath. In the years that followed, this took on a different meaning for me.
A few years ago, out of curiosity, I took a Y-DNA test. This turned out to be E-V22. Together with Wim Penninx (expert on Jewish Y-DNA) I did further research. E-V22 probably originated 8000 ybp together with the emergence of semi-nomadic pastoralism in the Southern Levant. and is core semitic (see links at the end). My subclade Is E-L1401 and occurs only in the Levant and only in my North Dutch family, the paternal lines intersect 5000 YBP. Hitherto it appears no where else (in Europe).
Along Ashkenazim there are some known E-V22 subclades. E-L1401 is not one of them (Wim Penninx). Along the Sephardim there are E-V22 beneath subclade E-PH2818. E-L1401 is also a subclade of E-PH2818. I dare to say with conviction that, given its origin and distribution, E-L1401 has a link with the Jewish diaspora and most likely that of the Sephardim.
This is supported, more speculatively but still, by an analysis of my father's autosomal. My father's autosomal shows a Sephardim fragment (MENA 2% + Iberian 3%). Taken together: Y-DNA + Autosomal point imo mainly to Sephardim. With a possible cross-pollination with Ashkenazim because there is also an element (1.4%) of Slavic Middle Ages. The sum is slightly above 6%.
This could mean that from my father 4 generations (6,25> 12,5%, 25%, 50%, 100%) ago we are in Sappemeer (Groningen). Thanks to DNA tests from distant cousins, I know that E-V22 was for sure there 4 generations ago.
The Jewish community in Hoogezand-Sappmeer had a size of 125 people in 1809, but more than doubled in the 19th century (this was also the origin of the famous doctor and feminist Alletta Jacobs). However, the paper trail does not provide any reference to a Jewish origin. However, towards another religious minority: the Roman Catholics. The family is the oldest Catholic of the region. This leads to a dead end: a "faux pas" by one of my great-grandmothers?
Because that blood crust is clearly there for a reason. Apparently something had to be covered up here that the official paper trail was not allowed to reach.... Nevertheless, it continues to be integrated. A possible 3/4 Sephardim -1/4 Ashkenazim at the end of the 18th century/beginning of the 19th century Sappemeer, how likely is that?
From what I hear and read, they were already completely separate worlds back then. An almost entirely Ashkenazim congregation such as that of Hoogezand-Sappemeer was at that time not in contact with the generally much richer and significant Sephardim congregations in mainly the urban areas in the West of the Netherlands. Or 'did the blood sometimes creep where it couldn't go'? Feel free to comment/add!
https://e-v22.net/origin/
https://e-v22.net/descendants/
https://e-v22.net/references/
A few years ago, out of curiosity, I took a Y-DNA test. This turned out to be E-V22. Together with Wim Penninx (expert on Jewish Y-DNA) I did further research. E-V22 probably originated 8000 ybp together with the emergence of semi-nomadic pastoralism in the Southern Levant. and is core semitic (see links at the end). My subclade Is E-L1401 and occurs only in the Levant and only in my North Dutch family, the paternal lines intersect 5000 YBP. Hitherto it appears no where else (in Europe).
Along Ashkenazim there are some known E-V22 subclades. E-L1401 is not one of them (Wim Penninx). Along the Sephardim there are E-V22 beneath subclade E-PH2818. E-L1401 is also a subclade of E-PH2818. I dare to say with conviction that, given its origin and distribution, E-L1401 has a link with the Jewish diaspora and most likely that of the Sephardim.
This is supported, more speculatively but still, by an analysis of my father's autosomal. My father's autosomal shows a Sephardim fragment (MENA 2% + Iberian 3%). Taken together: Y-DNA + Autosomal point imo mainly to Sephardim. With a possible cross-pollination with Ashkenazim because there is also an element (1.4%) of Slavic Middle Ages. The sum is slightly above 6%.
This could mean that from my father 4 generations (6,25> 12,5%, 25%, 50%, 100%) ago we are in Sappemeer (Groningen). Thanks to DNA tests from distant cousins, I know that E-V22 was for sure there 4 generations ago.
The Jewish community in Hoogezand-Sappmeer had a size of 125 people in 1809, but more than doubled in the 19th century (this was also the origin of the famous doctor and feminist Alletta Jacobs). However, the paper trail does not provide any reference to a Jewish origin. However, towards another religious minority: the Roman Catholics. The family is the oldest Catholic of the region. This leads to a dead end: a "faux pas" by one of my great-grandmothers?
Because that blood crust is clearly there for a reason. Apparently something had to be covered up here that the official paper trail was not allowed to reach.... Nevertheless, it continues to be integrated. A possible 3/4 Sephardim -1/4 Ashkenazim at the end of the 18th century/beginning of the 19th century Sappemeer, how likely is that?
From what I hear and read, they were already completely separate worlds back then. An almost entirely Ashkenazim congregation such as that of Hoogezand-Sappemeer was at that time not in contact with the generally much richer and significant Sephardim congregations in mainly the urban areas in the West of the Netherlands. Or 'did the blood sometimes creep where it couldn't go'? Feel free to comment/add!
https://e-v22.net/origin/
https://e-v22.net/descendants/
https://e-v22.net/references/