Saturday, February 08, 2014
More on Haplogroup Q From Eupedia Reference
New research website: http://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_Q_Y-DNA.shtml#distribution.
Q may have been in Levant as early as 1200 BCE according to this information, which means that they were there around the period of Moses. 5% of Ashkenazi Jews are found to have Q1b1a while 2% of Sephardic Jews have the same thing which shows that they were joined before 70CE when Jerusalem fell to the Romans and most of the population dispersed.
Moses was born in about 1391 BCE in Egypt and died in 1271 BCE just as the Israelites were about to enter Canaan. He died and was buried outside in an unknown grave.
Abraham was from the 2nd millennium BCE or 2,000 BCE. He was from Ur, which today is in Iraq. He was the ancestor for haplogroup J1c3d of which Cohens from Aaron, brother of Moses, descend as well as many Arabs. It is interesting that Iraq has 43% of the J1 haplogroup in a sample from 250 to 500 people. Syria follows up with 30% with a sample of 100 to 250 people. . Jordan has 31% in a sample of 100 to 250 people. As for Jews, about 1/2 of all that are Cohens in the synagogue have this haplotype of J1 (L147). 19% of Ashkenazis and 22% of Sephardis have it.
Moses is a descendant of Abraham as is his brother, Aaron, who had the most children. .
In 2011, Rebekah Canada let me know that our Ydna originated in parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and possibly southern Saudi Arabia.
Reference The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia- Moses
Labels: Abraham, Ashkenazis, Israelites, J1c3d (L147), Levant, Moses, Q1b1a haplogroup, Sephardis