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From: "R. & G. Stevens" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Haplogroup J2 origins
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:33:19 -0400
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From: "Sasson Margaliot" <>
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Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Haplogroup J2 origins


> One could also consider possibility that the Assyrians actually were
> (mostly) in the Y-Haplogroup G.
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That doesn't seem likely to me, since the Assyrians spoke a Semitic
language, and G, at least in the Caucasus, is strongly associated with
speakers of Caucasian languages.

Rich

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