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Georgians

Caucasian ethnic group that are indigenous to Georgia and Caucasus

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Dec 3, 2025
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What genetic studies have tested Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry for Khazar contributions?

Multiple genome-wide studies and reviews find no substantive evidence that Ashkenazi Jews derive a major portion of their ancestry from Khazar or other North‑Caucasus populations; the largest integrat...

Feb 5, 2026

What evidence do genomic studies provide regarding the Khazar hypothesis for Ashkenazi origins?

to date does not provide robust support for the claim that are primarily descended from Khazar converts; most genome‑wide and uniparental studies place Ashkenazi ancestry as a mix of (ern) and an cont...