Pope66
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Well many Ashkenazi would not look out of place in the Levant. BTW Albert Einstein and Anne Frank are from Germany, but if you saw them in the street, you would not think they are ethnic German. Also Goldier Meir was born in Ukraine, and she certainaily does not look like a typical Slavic Ukrainian. Ariel Sharon family comes from Belurus and Russia, yet he does not look like an typical ethnic Slavic Russian.Which was exactly why I picked Samaritans as the best modern example of what 1st Century Jews looked like, and not Ashkenazi Jews.
Whereas Yemeni Jews are a poor example for exactly the same reason as Ashkenazi Jews are; in both cases there has been intermarriage with non-Jews over the centuries.
BTW I have encountered many Askkenazi Jews and many of them would would not look out of place as if they are originally from the Levant.
Many Askenazi Jews look Semitic, yet many do not too.
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