Ashkenazi Jews Are All 30th Cousins, Study Finds | Tablet Magazine

Ashkenazi Jews Are All 30th Cousins, Study Finds | Tablet Magazine

According to a new study, all Ashkenazi Jews are basically cousins. More specifically, Ashkenazi Jews are at least 30th cousins. LiveScience reports on the international team’s new study, which found that “the central and eastern European Jewish population, known as Ashkenazi Jews, from whom most American Jews are descended, started from a founding population of about 350 people between 600 and 800 years ago.”