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> and found out that it was an unbroken Jewish maternal lineage. But I think any female who has a female ancestor who is Jewish would also have an “unbroken Je
by toasterlovin 7y ago
> and found out that it was an unbroken Jewish maternal lineage.
But I think any female who has a female ancestor who is Jewish would also have an “unbroken Jewish maternal lineage”, right? Or am I misunderstanding that?
- Udik 7y agoNo, if the female ancestor is, for example, your grandmother on your father's side, the maternal lineage is broken. Basically Jewishness is in the mitochondrial DNA.
- toasterlovin 7y agoSorry, I was unclear. What I meant is: if a female has a Jewish female ancestor as part of the female only lineage from which they get their mitochondria, then they definitionally have an “unbroken Jewish maternal lineage”, because it could be no other way. But it’s not really an interesting observation, since it’s true of most Jewish women that this line reaches extremely far back in time (since Jews generally don’t seek converts and, so, being Jewish is mostly a genetic matter, in practice).