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o have proven paternal descent from 18th Century male
ic synagogues who were of Iberian provenance. Detailed Y
ignatures will be obtained from the cohort. This is the
nts from this historically important Jewish community.
ghts into the genetic origins of the medieval Iberian
al individuals and communities around the world of

of Jews from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon in 1492

ars of persecution, including forced and voluntary
les moved to countries of the Mediterranean, principally
re. A second group moved to Portugal where, with
n 1497 they were compelled to convert to Catholicism.
d descendants of the post-‐1492 population in Portugal.

developed a spectrum of identities but were generally not

s. Leading members of this population formed a merchant
ational trade network, although other professions were
rsecution by the Inquisition on account of their origins
Jewish beliefs or loyalties, members of this group often
gion in countries tolerant of Judaism.
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, played a notable role in the development of

ce, in the European and Jewish Enlightenments, in the
British Empires and often represented the first tolerated
in countriesof free settlement. During the 18th Century,
tworks tended to be supplanted, and members in Spanish
ntries were assimilated into the surrounding Catholic
ties of the Nation in Amsterdam, London and elsewhere
gious customs but were otherwise absorbed by the larger
ad settled around them.

reference panel of highly resolved Y-‐chromosome SNP-‐

esponding to paternal lineages with near unambiguous
tern Sephardic population.

direct male descendants of the self‐identified Western

whose proposed ancestors identified themselves as part of
e members of the London, Amsterdam, Bordeaux, New
communities will serve as a useful reference tool in
y worldwide dispersal of the former Iberian Jewish
f the world (e.g. Colorado, New Mexico, Brazil and other
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Y-‐ chromosome sequencing will be carried out to identify
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distinguishable from all others and hence genealogically
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s of settlement, the Nation is important to world as well as
ty is now small and this may be the last opportunity to
e. A DNA study may offer insight into the early
this community as well as the genetic origins of its parent
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or a more extensive study of former Iberian Jewish
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