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Through the practice of shidduch (arranged marriage), these illustrious rabbis and their descendants married into other prominent rabbinical families over the centuries to produce an intellectual elite that contributed to European culture, while holding the Jews together through millennia of hardship and persecution. They provided guidance and leadership, and within the framework of Jewish communal self-government, they were the interpreters of Jewish law, and the guardians of Jewish ethics. These great rabbinic families have long been recognized for their immense contribution to the preservation of Jewish identity and culture. However, it is only recently that Jewish genealogists have realized that these illustrious rabbinical families have yet another magnificent gift to offer their descendants – their inherited DNA. Individuals of Jewish descent have long attempted to connect themselves and their families to the family trees of these great rabbinic families. Now it is possible to use Y-DNA testing to identify and verify these ancestral connections, and to genetically connect to these rabbinic families. The current study focuses on the Y-DNA pedigree of the Savran-Bendery Chassidic dynasty, one of the most prominent Chassidic dynasties to emerge from Ukraine and Bessarabia during the 19th century. 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Through the practice of shidduch (arranged marriage), these illustrious rabbis and their descendants married into other prominent rabbinical families over the centuries to produce an intellectual elite that contributed to European culture, while holding the Jews together through millennia of hardship and persecution. They provided guidance and leadership, and within the framework of Jewish communal self-government, they were the interpreters of Jewish law, and the guardians of Jewish ethics. These great rabbinic families have long been recognized for their immense contribution to the preservation of Jewish identity and culture. However, it is only recently that Jewish genealogists have realized that these illustrious rabbinical families have yet another magnificent gift to offer their descendants – their inherited DNA. Individuals of Jewish descent have long attempted to connect themselves and their families to the family trees of these great rabbinic families. Now it is possible to use Y-DNA testing to identify and verify these ancestral connections, and to genetically connect to these rabbinic families. The current study focuses on the Y-DNA pedigree of the Savran-Bendery Chassidic dynasty, one of the most prominent Chassidic dynasties to emerge from Ukraine and Bessarabia during the 19th century. It presents the genealogical and genetic data that characterize this rabbinic lineage, and by which its descendants may be identified, thereby providing many Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews with the essential genealogical and genetic information necessary to bridge the gaps in their own paper trails, and discover their lost heritage.</p><div class="ds-work-card--button-container"><button class="ds2-5-button js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"continue-reading-button--work-card","attachmentId":37798160,"attachmentType":"pdf","workUrl":"https://www.academia.edu/7275345/Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_of_the_Savran_Bendery_Chassidic_Dynasty_Connecting_to_the_Great_Rabbinic_Families_through_Y_DNA"}">See full PDF</button><button class="ds2-5-button ds2-5-button--secondary js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"download-pdf-button--work-card","attachmentId":37798160,"attachmentType":"pdf","workUrl":"https://www.academia.edu/7275345/Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_of_the_Savran_Bendery_Chassidic_Dynasty_Connecting_to_the_Great_Rabbinic_Families_through_Y_DNA"}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 20px" translate="no">download</span>Download PDF</button></div></div></div></div><div data-auto_select="false" data-client_id="331998490334-rsn3chp12mbkiqhl6e7lu2q0mlbu0f1b" data-doc_id="37798160" data-landing_url="https://www.academia.edu/7275345/Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_of_the_Savran_Bendery_Chassidic_Dynasty_Connecting_to_the_Great_Rabbinic_Families_through_Y_DNA" data-login_uri="https://www.academia.edu/registrations/google_one_tap" data-moment_callback="onGoogleOneTapEvent" id="g_id_onload"></div><div class="ds-top-related-works--grid-container"><div class="ds-related-content--container ds-top-related-works--container"><h2 class="ds-related-content--heading">Related papers</h2><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="0" data-entity-id="26048275" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/26048275/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_and_Ethnic_Origin_of_the_Twersky_Chassidic_Dynasty">The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of the Twersky Chassidic Dynasty</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="16959795" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyBriskman">Jeffrey Briskman</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="40370341" href="https://independent.academia.edu/YitzTwersky">Yitz Twersky</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--metadata ds2-5-body-xs">Avotaynu Online, 2017</p><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">The Twersky Chassidic dynasty, founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky (1730 – 1797), produced a long line of distinguished rabbis and notable personalities over the centuries. The dynasty is tightly interwoven with many of the most renowned Ashkenazi rabbinic families of Europe, and has many tens of thousands of descendants throughout the world. Extensive genealogical research of the Twersky family laid the necessary groundwork for identification of eight son-after-son descendants of the Twersky Chassidic dynasty for this Y-DNA study. Based upon the matching Y-DNA results of these eight pedigreed paternal descendants, we have succeeded in identifying the haplotype and haplogroup that characterizes the Y-DNA signature of the Twersky Chassidic dynasty, back to their most recent common ancestor, and founder of the lineage, Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky (1730–1797). An unexpected finding of this research is that the Twersky Chassidic dynasty has a Sephardic ethnic origin. With the successful identification and characterization of the Y-DNA genetic signature of the Twersky Chassidic dynasty, we hope to enable many current and future generations of Jewish descendants to connect themselves and their families to this illustrious rabbinical lineage, and to discover their remarkable lost heritage.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of the Twersky Chassidic Dynasty","attachmentId":53484873,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/26048275/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_and_Ethnic_Origin_of_the_Twersky_Chassidic_Dynasty","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/26048275/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_and_Ethnic_Origin_of_the_Twersky_Chassidic_Dynasty"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="1" data-entity-id="38296562" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/38296562/Y_DNA_Research_Studies_of_Rabbinical_Lineages_and_Their_Importance_to_Jewish_Genealogy">Y-DNA Research Studies of Rabbinical Lineages and Their Importance to Jewish Genealogy</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">For centuries, Jews have sought their yichus by connecting themselves to rabbinical families, either through marriage or by a paper trail. Thanks to recent advances in genetic genealogy and DNA technology, this is now possible to do for many more individuals of Jewish descent than ever before. For a little over ten years now, my research team and I, have been conducting Y-DNA research studies which utilize both traditional genealogical and current DNA methods and technology to identify the unique Y-DNA genetic signature and ethnic origin of some of the world’s most esteemed and historically significant rabbinical lineages and dynasties. These include the Katzenellenbogen, Lurie, Polonsky, Rappaport-Cohen, and Shapiro rabbinical lineages, and the Twersky and Wertheim-Giterman Chassidic dynasties. We have also conducted Y-DNA research studies on lineages descending from such luminaries and tzaddiks as the Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, Rabbi Naftula Cohen of Belaya Tzerkov, Rabbi Raphael of Bershad, Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlatchov, Rabbi Yehuda Heller-Kahana of Sighet, and the Shpoler Zeida. The goal of our rabbinical heritage Y-DNA research studies is to identify the Y-DNA genetic signatures of some of Jewry’s most renowned tzaddiks and rabbinical families. We accomplish this by finding and testing pedigreed patrilineal descendants of these rabbinical families; if their Y-DNA genetically matches, it confirms their paper trail and provides the unique Y-DNA genetic signature for their lineage. Anyone who matches one of these Y-DNA genetic signatures shares a common paternal ancestor with these pedigreed rabbinical descendants. Identifying that common ancestor would enable one to link to a pedigree and paper trail that may be many centuries old, and to rediscover their family’s lost Jewish heritage. In this review article, I explain the importance of rabbinical heritage research studies to the practice of Jewish genealogy and present an overview of some interesting findings and observations drawn from our Y-DNA research studies of thirteen rabbinical lineages and dynasties, including the defining haplogroup and subclade that is associated with the Y-DNA genetic signature for each of these lineages.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"Y-DNA Research Studies of Rabbinical Lineages and Their Importance to Jewish Genealogy","attachmentId":60616463,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/38296562/Y_DNA_Research_Studies_of_Rabbinical_Lineages_and_Their_Importance_to_Jewish_Genealogy","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/38296562/Y_DNA_Research_Studies_of_Rabbinical_Lineages_and_Their_Importance_to_Jewish_Genealogy"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="2" data-entity-id="9277136" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/9277136/Connecting_to_the_Wertheim_Giterman_Rabbinical_Lineage_through_Y_DNA">Connecting to the Wertheim-Giterman Rabbinical Lineage through Y-DNA</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--metadata ds2-5-body-xs">AVOTAYNU, the International Review of Jewish Genealogy, Volume XXX, Number 3, Fall, 2014., 2014</p><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">Most Ashkenazi Jews cannot trace their ancestry back to the period before the mandated adoption of fixed, inherited surnames during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. 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The advent and development of Y-DNA testing has added a major, powerful new tool for tracing rabbinic ancestry, and now it is possible to use genetic testing to identify and verify these connections. This article presents a Y-DNA study of the Wertheim-Giterman rabbinical lineage, often referred to as the Savran-Bendery Hasidic dynasty, one of the most prominent Hasidic dynasties to emerge from Ukraine and Bessarabia during the 19th century. It focuses on the genealogical and genetic data that characterize this rabbinic lineage, and by which its descendants may be identified, thereby providing many Ashkenazi Jews with essential genealogical and genetic information for discovering their rabbinic ancestry. Twenty-one male descendants of the Savran-Bendery lineage, with no previous knowledge of their rabbinic ancestry, were identified in this manner.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"Connecting to the Wertheim-Giterman Rabbinical Lineage through Y-DNA","attachmentId":35721912,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/9277136/Connecting_to_the_Wertheim_Giterman_Rabbinical_Lineage_through_Y_DNA","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/9277136/Connecting_to_the_Wertheim_Giterman_Rabbinical_Lineage_through_Y_DNA"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="3" data-entity-id="38073682" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/38073682/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_and_Ethnic_Origin_of_the_Shapiro_Rabbinical_Lineage">The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of the Shapiro Rabbinical Lineage</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="16959795" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyBriskman">Jeffrey Briskman</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="14198192" href="https://independent.academia.edu/SusanSteeble">Susan K Steeble</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">The goal of this Y-DNA research study is to utilize both traditional genealogical and current DNA methods and technology to identify the unique Y-DNA genetic signature of the renowned Shapiro rabbinical lineage descending from Rabbi Pinchas Shapira of Korets (1726-1791). Traditional genealogical methods provided the foundation for our study. We researched the history and genealogy of the Shapiro rabbinical lineage, and we identified and tested three pedigreed patrilineal descendants of three different sons of Rabbi Pinchas Shapira of Korets. We then utilized genetic genealogical methods to compare the Y-DNA genetic profiles of these three pedigreed descendants. We initially determined that all three descendants genetically matched at 37 short tandem repeat (STR) markers. Their lineage-specific haplotype, in conjunction with their G-M201 haplogroup/G-FGC1160 subclade designation, comprises the Y-DNA genetic signature of their patrilineal line, back to their most recent common ancestor, Rabbi Pinchas Shapira of Korets. Next steps in the research study include upgrading the Y-DNA analysis to 67 STR markers, and additional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping through the Family Tree DNA Big Y-500 test. This Y-DNA research study validates historical lines of descent from the Shapiro rabbinical lineage using genealogical research methods, establishes a Y-DNA genetic signature that can be utilized to identify previously unknown or unrecognized descendants of the lineage, and demonstrates a pioneering methodology that can be applied to studies of other rabbinical lineages and their descendants. If you believe that you are a patrilineal descendant of Rabbi Pinchas Shapira of Korets, or the Shapiro rabbinical lineage/dynasty, and you wish to participate in this Y-DNA research study, please contact the first author, Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull, at nobleheritage@msn.com.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of the Shapiro Rabbinical Lineage","attachmentId":60614339,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/38073682/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_and_Ethnic_Origin_of_the_Shapiro_Rabbinical_Lineage","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" 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class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--metadata ds2-5-body-xs">Avotaynu Online, 2016</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of the Katzenellenbogen Rabbinical Lineage","attachmentId":43476457,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/22446913/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_and_Ethnic_Origin_of_the_Katzenellenbogen_Rabbinical_Lineage","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" 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class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="115548893" href="https://independent.academia.edu/NRosenstein">Neil Rosenstein</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"The Y-DNA Genetic Signature of the Katzenellenbogen Rabbinical Lineage – Preliminary Findings","attachmentId":35249153,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/8732306/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_of_the_Katzenellenbogen_Rabbinical_Lineage_Preliminary_Findings","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free 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href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyBriskman">Jeffrey Briskman</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="14198192" href="https://independent.academia.edu/SusanSteeble">Susan K Steeble</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">During the period when Chassidic Judaism was still in its infancy, Rabbi Raphael of Bershad (c. 1751–1827) was a charismatic figure who was revered by his followers in the region that is now southwestern and central Ukraine. Rabbi Raphael was a beloved and influential spiritual leader and was known as a tzaddik. After the death of his mentor, Rabbi Pinchas (Shapira) of Koretz (1726–1791), some of his followers became Rabbi Raphael’s disciples and were known as Bershad Chassidim. We succeeded in identifying four pedigreed descendants of Rabbi Raphael. We also succeeded in identifying one partially pedigreed descendant, and several possible patrilineal descendants of Rabbi Raphael. The genealogical records for the partially pedigreed descendant were fragmentary and incomplete, but the naming pattern and available records enabled us to construct a family tree showing a hypothesized line of descent. In this pioneering Y-DNA research study, we succeeded in identifying the Y-DNA genetic signature and ethnic origin of Rabbi Raphael’s paternal lineage. Our study demonstrates the usefulness of identifying the Y-DNA genetic signature of a rabbinical line, and for verifying descent from that line, despite having fragmentary and incomplete genealogical records.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of Rabbi Raphael of Bershad","attachmentId":56950154,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/35130835/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_and_Ethnic_Origin_of_Rabbi_Raphael_of_Bershad","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/35130835/The_Y_DNA_Genetic_Signature_and_Ethnic_Origin_of_Rabbi_Raphael_of_Bershad"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="8" data-entity-id="35426038" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/35426038/Discovering_your_Lost_Jewish_Heritage_through_Y_DNA">Discovering your Lost Jewish Heritage through Y-DNA</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"Discovering your Lost Jewish Heritage through Y-DNA","attachmentId":55304594,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/35426038/Discovering_your_Lost_Jewish_Heritage_through_Y_DNA","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/35426038/Discovering_your_Lost_Jewish_Heritage_through_Y_DNA"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="9" data-entity-id="29834540" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/29834540/Challenges_Involved_in_Conducting_DNA_Tests_of_Pedigreed_Descendants_of_Rabbinical_Lineages">Challenges Involved in Conducting DNA Tests of Pedigreed Descendants of Rabbinical Lineages</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="16959795" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyBriskman">Jeffrey Briskman</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="40370341" href="https://independent.academia.edu/YitzTwersky">Yitz Twersky</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="14198192" href="https://independent.academia.edu/SusanSteeble">Susan K Steeble</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="4757165" href="https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull">Jeffrey Mark Paull</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--metadata ds2-5-body-xs">Avotaynu Online, 2016</p><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">The authors have considerable experience conducting DNA lineage studies, with a focus on Y-DNA studies of the world’s historic rabbinical lineages. Each of these studies presents its own unique challenges. Two of the more challenging aspects that are common to all such studies are the difficulty in finding pedigreed descendants of a rabbinical lineage, and then, once they are identified and located, convincing them to take a DNA test. In this article, we shall focus on the some of the difficulties that we have encountered in convincing pedigreed descendants to agree to take a DNA test, the predominant reasons why they are reluctant or refuse to test, and some of the strategies that we have found effective in dealing with these difficulties and in encouraging them to test.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"Challenges Involved in Conducting DNA Tests of Pedigreed Descendants of Rabbinical Lineages","attachmentId":50538431,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/29834540/Challenges_Involved_in_Conducting_DNA_Tests_of_Pedigreed_Descendants_of_Rabbinical_Lineages","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/29834540/Challenges_Involved_in_Conducting_DNA_Tests_of_Pedigreed_Descendants_of_Rabbinical_Lineages"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div></div></div><div class="ds-sticky-ctas--wrapper js-loswp-sticky-ctas hidden"><div class="ds-sticky-ctas--grid-container"><div class="ds-sticky-ctas--container"><button class="ds2-5-button js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"continue-reading-button--sticky-ctas","attachmentId":37798160,"attachmentType":"pdf","workUrl":null}">See full PDF</button><button class="ds2-5-button ds2-5-button--secondary js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"download-pdf-button--sticky-ctas","attachmentId":37798160,"attachmentType":"pdf","workUrl":null}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 20px" translate="no">download</span>Download PDF</button></div></div></div><div class="ds-below-fold--grid-container"><div class="ds-work--container js-loswp-embedded-document"><div class="attachment_preview" data-attachment="Attachment_37798160" style="display: none"><div class="js-scribd-document-container"><div class="scribd--document-loading js-scribd-document-loader" style="display: block;"><img alt="Loading..." src="//a.academia-assets.com/images/loaders/paper-load.gif" /><p>Loading Preview</p></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="scribd--no-preview-alert js-preview-unavailable"><p>Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. 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