A former skinhead converted to Judaism after learning of his Jewish ancestry through DNA testing. As a teenager, Frank Meeink was an infamous neo-Nazi, and he spent some time in prison.

(JTA) — The maternal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews comes mainly from Europe ... Portugal and the United States that looked at mitochondrial DNA, which is contained in the cytoplasm of the egg ...

A DNA analysis revealed the mystery behind Christopher Columbus' heritage - however, the reveal raised more questions.

The researchers used a set of DNA variations, or haplotypes, observed to be common among Jews with roots in the ... or more than 5 percent of their ancestry — associated with Sephardic, East ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port ...

The team collected DNA samples from Bantu (African), Yemeni ... Y chromosomal type that appears to be a signature of Jewish ancestry. Perhaps even more striking is the fact that this Cohen ...

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A new NHS genetic testing programme has identified hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry at increased risk of cancer ...