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Just as today, Israelites came in differing skin-tones, heights, and body-types. Our tradition is that the twelve sons of Jacob (the 12 Tribes) were not completely similar to each other in appearance, though none of them was really dark-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis 12:11).
Abraham and Sarah came from southern Iraq and their wider family from northern Iraq. Since DNA tests have shown that Jews intermarried infrequently throughout history, Abraham and his Israelite descendants probably looked like Jews today. DNA testing of Jewish communities worldwide has shown that they are all interrelated and of Middle Eastern genetics.
In 2000, the analysis of a report by Nicholas Wade "provided genetic witness that Jewish communities have, to a remarkable extent, retained their biological identity separate from their host populations, evidence of relatively little intermarriage or conversion into Judaism over the centuries. The results accord with Jewish history and tradition."
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 6y agoIf you take into account the fact that throughout the past 2000 years, Jews seldom intermarried, and rarely took converts, then the answer is that they looked like today's Jews: All different skin tones, from very light to very dark.
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∙ 10y agoIf you take into account the fact that throughout the past 2000 years, Jews seldom inter-married...the answer is that they looked like today's Jews.
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