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Editorial: When DNA Awakens Identity

Explore how DNA discoveries trigger profound journeys of identity and belonging, leading to spirituality and heritage connections.
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Christopher Columbus was secretly Jewish, new DNA study reveals

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a Sephardic Jew from western Europe. Spanish researchers announced their ...
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Ashkenazi Jews, your DNA is actually largely Italian. Here’s why.

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Religion Dispatches

New Doc Claiming Columbus was Jewish May Have Some Accuracy Issues — But There’s a Far Bigger Issue We Need to Reckon With

While there are genetic markers that are more or less prevalent among Jewish populations, there’s no such thing as “Jewish DNA.” More importantly, DNA is not identity. Lab results tell us less than ...

Getting support for opening the 'Pandora's box' of DNA testing

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.
The Forward

Groundbreaking analysis of Hitler’s DNA shows no Jewish ancestry — but finds a genetic disorder

(JTA) — Adolf Hitler had a sexual disorder that made it more likely for him to have a micro-penis, according to the first-ever analysis of his DNA. He also did not have the Jewish ancestors that some ...