Jul
13
Juhud Kata-the Jewish Valley State of Dagestan
It is amazing the new things one learns. Earlier this year I did a dna test which analyzed my at-dna on each chromosome with LM Genetics. I found I had dna from Dagestan- a place I had never heard of before. However, I had heard of Derbent and the Mountain Jews which was in Dagestan. I wondered how this entered my family.
I was studying my mother's 2x great grandfather (who was of J1a2 y-dna), who was a crypto-Jewish Hazzan or Rabbi in Athlone in Ireland, who was descended from William Annyas (Anes/Eanes), the first openly Jewish Mayor of Youghal in Ireland. His grandfather was Gil Anes of Belmonte in Portugal.
I was studying my mother's 2x great grandfather (who was of J1a2 y-dna), who was a crypto-Jewish Hazzan or Rabbi in Athlone in Ireland, who was descended from William Annyas (Anes/Eanes), the first openly Jewish Mayor of Youghal in Ireland. His grandfather was Gil Anes of Belmonte in Portugal.
