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My dad, Yemeni Jew - Dodecad K12b

Admixture | Ethnic Origins

100% Yemenite Jewish, grandparents from Rada'a, Yemen
Y-DNA Haplogroup: J-L858

Screenshots of Dodecad K12b + Oracle + Oracle 4:

https://imgur.com/a/D3LZXyW

(I copy-pasted the information that is shown in the screenshots above [Link] and used AI to make it easier to read)

Lineage Background

  • Community & Origin: 100% Yemenite Jewish from Rada'a, Yemen.
  • Historical Family Surnames: Ashwal / Asheval (אשוול).
  • Y-DNA Haplogroup: J-L858 (downstream of J-P58 / Central Semitic Bronze Age expansion).

Screen 1: Admixture Proportions (Dodecad K12b)

  • SNPs Analyzed: 66,650
ComponentPercentage
Southwest_Asian43.41%
Caucasus33.23%
Gedrosia6.84%
Northwest_African6.15%
Atlantic_Med4.87%
East_African4.47%
North_European0.67%
South_Asian0.37%
Sub_Saharan0.00%
East_Asian0.00%
Siberian0.00%
Southeast_Asian0.00%

Screen 2: Oracle (Single & 2-Way Mixed Mode)

Single Population Sharing:

  1. Bedouin (HGDP) @ 5.12
  2. Yemen_Jews (Behar) @ 11.99
  3. Palestinian (HGDP) @ 14.47
  4. Yemenese (Behar) @ 14.98
  5. Jordanians (Behar) @ 16.64
  6. Syrians (Behar) @ 18.02
  7. Egyptans (Behar) @ 18.12
  8. Samaritians (Behar) @ 19.11
  9. Lebanese (Behar) @ 21.84
  10. Iraq_Jews (Behar) @ 24.86
  11. Druze (HGDP) @ 25.57
  12. Saudis (Behar) @ 26.34
  13. Iranian_Jews (Behar) @ 27.51
  14. Uzbekistan_Jews (Behar) @ 29.78
  15. Georgia_Jews (Behar) @ 31.12
  16. Assyrian (Dodecad) @ 31.69
  17. Azerbaijan_Jews (Behar) @ 32.41
  18. Cypriots (Behar) @ 32.52
  19. Morocco_Jews (Behar) @ 33.15
  20. Sephardic_Jews (Behar) @ 33.61

Mixed Mode Population Sharing:

  1. 76.1% Yemen_Jews (Behar) + 23.9% Iranians (Behar) @ 3.84
  2. 76.0% Yemen_Jews (Behar) + 24.0% Kurd (Dodecad) @ 4.13
  3. 61.7% Jordanians (Behar) + 38.3% Saudis (Behar) @ 4.17
  4. 65.3% Palestinian (HGDP) + 34.7% Saudis (Behar) @ 4.21
  5. 76.8% Yemen_Jews (Behar) + 23.2% Iranian (Dodecad) @ 4.28
  6. 59.0% Yemen_Jews (Behar) + 41.0% Jordanians (Behar) @ 4.42
  7. 76.2% Yemen_Jews (Behar) + 23.8% Kurds (Yunusbayev) @ 4.52
  8. 92.3% Bedouin (HGDP) + 7.7% Iranian_Jews (Behar) @ 4.57

Screen 3: Oracle-4 (4-Ancestors Approximation)

Using 1 Population Approximation:

  1. Bedouin_HGDP @ 5.217585
  2. Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 12.808733
  3. Yemenese_Behar @ 13.951615
  4. Palestinian_HGDP @ 15.335449
  5. Jordanians_Behar @ 17.634720

Using 2 Populations Approximation:

  1. 50% Bedouin_HGDP + 50% Bedouin_HGDP @ 5.217585

Using 3 Populations Approximation:

  1. 50% Jordanians_Behar + 25% Saudis_Behar + 25% Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 3.725054

Using 4 Populations Approximation:

  1. Egyptans_Behar + Iranian_Jews_Behar + Saudis_Behar + Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 2.539721
  2. Egyptans_Behar + Iraq_Jews_Behar + Saudis_Behar + Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 2.960734
  3. Egyptans_Behar + Saudis_Behar + Uzbekistan_Jews_Behar + Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 2.992341
  4. Egyptans_Behar + Georgia_Jews_Behar + Saudis_Behar + Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 3.192286
  5. Azerbaijan_Jews_Behar + Egyptans_Behar + Saudis_Behar + Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 3.315331
  6. Assyrian_Dodecad + Egyptans_Behar + Saudis_Behar + Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 3.390406
  7. Armenians_Behar + Egyptans_Behar + Saudis_Behar + Saudis_Behar @ 3.441881
  8. Jordanians_Behar + Jordanians_Behar + Saudis_Behar + Yemen_Jews_Behar @ 3.725054

Key Takeaways for Discussion

  1. 0.00% Sub-Saharan African
  2. Elevated Caucasus (33.23%) & Gedrosia (6.84%)
  3. Y-DNA J-L858

Posted Sep 12, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

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