Jewish Nation in Khazar

Key findings:

The Cohen Modal Haplotype is found among many Jewish populations of the world, including Ashkenazim, Sephardim, and the Bene Israel of India.

The Cohen Modal Haplotype, which belongs to haplogroup J, was a component of the ancient Israelite population, and especially common among the Cohens (priests of the Temple in Jerusalem).

The Cohen Modal Haplotype is not exclusively found among Jews, but rather is also found among Kurds, Armenians, Italians, Palestinian Arabs, and a few other peoples.

About half of Ashkenazic Levites possess Eastern European non-Israelite haplotypes belonging to the R1a1 haplogroup. This is almost never found among Sephardic Levites, and may have been introduced into the Ashkenazic Levite lines by Slavs or Khazars who converted to Judaism."

thanks arfunda, will read those reports

e.g. Scytians: Historical sources say Scytians are Iranian origin (aryan tribe). Some insist on they're Turkish. I agree with the opinion that they're Iranian/ındoeuropean/arian origin. Maybe some Turkish speaking groups or some  other groups from Middle East (such as Kurdish speaking groups) may have been mixed with them. Since Scythian and Askenazian/Ashkenazi are ethimologically the same words  and new genetical research results show that Ashkenazi Jewish male genes have similarities with Kurdish genes in the Middle East, I prefer to conclude that the Khazar Jews didn't consist of a pure tribe and were a mixture of different elements.

Originally posted by arfunda e.g. Scytians: Historical sources say Scytians are Iranian origin (aryan tribe). Some insist on they're Turkish. I agree with the opinion that they're Iranian/ındoeuropean/arian origin. Maybe some Turkish speaking groups or some  other groups from Middle East (such as Kurdish speaking groups) may have been mixed with them. Since Scythian and Askenazian/Ashkenazi are ethimologically the same words  and new genetical research results show that Ashkenazi Jewish male genes have similarities with Kurdish genes in the Middle East, I prefer to conclude that the Khazar Jews didn't consist of a pure tribe and were a mixture of different elements.