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Eleanor Said:

Why is it that Jewish people are not a race as someone said in a previous question?

We Answered:

well originally they were a race, but they were kicked out of their land by the romans!
now they are just a religion. I guess the genetic disorders are passed down because jewish people marry jewish people, there for passing on the same ressesive genes!

hoped this helped

Ray Said:

Should polydactylism be considered a race, since Judaism is?

We Answered:

Ding Ding Ding. You are correct.

There is only one Race, the human race. We all share 99.9% of our genome with one another (however, since the genome is composed of three billion base pairs, that remaining .01% does leave a sufficient three million base pairs for DNA fingerprinting.)

The reason why some Jews, as well as non Jews start thinking of Jewishness as a Race, is the attempts by outside agencies to exterminate Judaism. When the Nazis knocked on your door, they didn't care how much or how little you practiced the religion. They didn't care if you looked even more Teutonic than Der Fuhrer himself. All they cared was if your name bore a the faintest whiff of some Jewish Ancestry. The mid twentieth century abomination being only the largest of many historical attempts, these have left us Jews with something of a siege mentality, which lends itself to a mistaken identification with race vs. family of adherents.

But then again, since the whole notion of race is a)incorrect, and b) has a long history of being used by one "race" of people against some other "race", the sooner we all start to recognize our common humanity, the better we'll all be.

Raul Said:

Is it true that Jewish people are the most inbred amongst all groups?

We Answered:

NO JASON, YOUR FAMILY AND RELATIVES ARE THE MOST INBRED BIGOTS ON THE PLANET!!! 35-40 % OF ALL NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS ARE JEWISH, YET JEWS ARE ONLY 2% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION--THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A GENETIC DISEASE---GENIUS, IS THE WORD YOU ARE LOOKING FOR---MR. STUPID IGNORAMUS--ANY QUESTIONS--CONSULT A BRAIN DOCTOR AND PUT YOURSELF ON THE LIST FOR A BRAIN DONATION--CAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY, DO NOT POSSESS ONE NOW !!! SO SORRY !! SO SORRY !! KISS MY PETUNIAS--YOU IDIOT !!

Dana Said:

Tay-Sachs disease is a recessive genetic disorder that in America predominantly affects people with Eastern ?

We Answered:

genotype:TT,2Tt,tt
phenotype: 1:3
%=25%

Naomi Said:

Do you believe Genetic Diseases are passed on as some believe Original Sin is?

We Answered:

Well, any Bible student knows that because of Adam and Eve's sin, all mankind since then is born with a sinful nature. When sin enters, all sorts of bad things enter. Sickness and disease, war, strife, greed and lust, murder and bigotry and all manner of wickedness is a result of sin. Mankind has choices to either live for God, or live a wicked lifestyle. Living for God does not insulate us from the wickedness of the world, rather, living for God enables us to overcome the wickedness of the world. The Bible speaks repeatedly of OVERCOMING ! I believe the genetic code (DNA) is somehow and in some way, a breakdown due to sin. Sin gets into our genes.......as a result of previous generation's sins. If Adam and Eve had never sinned we would be totally free of all this. I hope this helps.

Virgil Said:

origin of Tay-Sachs disease in the French Canadian Population?

We Answered:

Tay Sachs Disease Incidence Among French Canadians

A mutation that is unrelated to the predominant Ashkenazi mutation, a long sequence deletion, occurs with similar frequency in families with French Canadian ancestry, and has the same pathological effects. Like the Ashkenazi Jewish population, the French Canadian population grew rapidly from a small founder group, and remained isolated from surrounding populations because of geographic, cultural, and language barriers. In the early days of Tay-Sachs research, the mutations in these two populations were believed to be identical. Some researchers claimed that a prolific Jewish ancestor must have introduced the mutation into the French Canadian population. This theory became known as the "Jewish Fur Trader Hypothesis" among researchers in population genetics. However, subsequent research has demonstrated that the two mutations are unrelated, and pedigree analysis has traced the French Canadian mutation to a founding family that lived in southern Quebec in the late 17th century.

Tay Sachs Disease Incidence Among Louisiana Cajuns

The same mutation found among Ashkenazi Jews occurs in the Cajun population of southern Louisiana, an American ethnic group that has been isolated for several hundred years because of linguistic differences. Researchers have traced carriers from several Louisiana families to a single founder couple, not known to be Jewish, that lived in France in the 18th century.

Ramona Said:

Why do people insist that being Jewish is a religion when a majority of Jews are Atheists?

We Answered:

Mostly because people thing jewish = judaism which is a religion.
Alot (if not most people) are ignorant of the details of which you explained