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Thread #156082   Message #3677800
Posted By: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
17-Nov-14 - 10:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: my mysterous dna
Subject: RE: BS: my mysterous dna
So.. due to the social upheaval of post 2nd world war...

West country born and bred dad met half English / half East European jew mum,
both young idealistic socialists - resulting in me.
Which by my reckoning means I'm 1/4 jewish by blood.

Knowledge of the jewish surname locates them to a probable pre pogrom location.

If I were to have a DNA test, would that likely indicate more specific geographical origins ???

.. and maybe explain why I've always had an 'innate' affinity for klezmer
and E.European folk music,
rather than any Celtic...???

[yeah.. ok.. that's a bit too fanciful.. as if blood determines musical & political preferences...??????]