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From: Donald Chesnut <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Ashkenazim or Sephardim: tribal identity?
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:49:45 -0500
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At 05:39 PM 12/1/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>If you can tolerate a little uninformed speculation on the topic,
>there is also the possibility that a Jewish family chose to adopt the
>Asher surname when necessity dictated the choice of one even if they,
>themselves, had no direct Asher tribal affinity.
>
>There are plenty of Italians with the surname "Nanni" who do not
>pretend to trace their direct ancestry to John the Baptist.
>
>Vince


Vince,
Your idea is probably more realistic than their direct descent from the
Tribe of Asher.
Thanks for the idea.
Don

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