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Israelite Samaritans

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About us

Please contribute to the Project Fund.
The Samaritans are an authentic sample of Ancient Israelite DNA.
We need:
  • Y-111 STRs for all 4 kits
  • All the palindromic STRs, particularly DYF399S1
  • Full mtDNA sequences for the three individuals with Samaritan maternal grandmothers
  • A Walk On The Y, phase 1 and phase 2, to find any new SNPs that we can then test in many other people
  • Family Finder for the three individuals of 100% Samaritan ancestry
Last but not least:
  • Contributions toward Y full sequences that can be done by FTDNA even right now
There are dozens of projects about "Jewish", "Israelite", "Hebrew", "Sayyid", "Arab", and "Semitic" DNA, and if everyone in each of these project contributed even a modest amount, all the above testing goals could be easily met.