It is not part of my documented family tree or in any way part of my identity. None of my ancestors is in a jewish cemetery, or celebrated hannukah once at all, I have no idea about jewish ancestry.
Yet I score 1.5% Jewish on 23andMe, 23andMe is known to have a very good jewish algorithm, that means if 23andme tells you, you are 1.5% Jewish likely you do have a trace of jewish in your DNA.
A user about my jewish dna
1.5% is small and distant as hell, it's not surprising at all you don't know about Jewish ancestors. It means you are 1/64 Ashkenazi. That would mean you had one Jewish ancestor (out of the 64) 6 generations ago. Most people no idea how their ancestors identified 5-6 generations ago, neither do I.
Now Im curious about opinions of jews here. Is Mortimer in any way even remotely jewish?
Yet I score 1.5% Jewish on 23andMe, 23andMe is known to have a very good jewish algorithm, that means if 23andme tells you, you are 1.5% Jewish likely you do have a trace of jewish in your DNA.
A user about my jewish dna
1.5% is small and distant as hell, it's not surprising at all you don't know about Jewish ancestors. It means you are 1/64 Ashkenazi. That would mean you had one Jewish ancestor (out of the 64) 6 generations ago. Most people no idea how their ancestors identified 5-6 generations ago, neither do I.
Now Im curious about opinions of jews here. Is Mortimer in any way even remotely jewish?