Comments on: Was Thomas Jefferson Jewish?: Researchers Find TJ’s Possibly Jewish Genes

By: sandy

sandy — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:45:34 +0000

This discussion has been going on a while
Interesting no one has asked the question:
Was Thomas Jefferson black? After all, most of the K2 is in Africa
and not necessarily North Africa.
Considering the widely accepted belief in the US that “one drop”
of black blood makes one black, this could easily be argued.
Besides I always thought being a Jew was about following a particular religion not a race.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:26:31 +0000

Here is a map of K2 distribution:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Distribution_Haplogroup_T_Y-DNA_II.svg/2000px-Distribution_Haplogroup_T_Y-DNA_II.svg.png

It is concentrated heaviest in the horn of Africa and some parts of the Indian subcontinent. I am of the opinion that it is ancient middle eastern/semetic DNA generally, and not modern Jewish DNA. It probably survived so well in the horn of Africa and certain parts of India due to the geographic and cultural isolation of the peoples who live there. Jefferson definitely has some middle eastern DNA (as do many, if not most, European gentiles), and it may be Jewish. Very interesting but not likely to sway anyone in a Jew-hate cult.

By: steph

steph — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:54:43 +0000

You bet your ass he knew that Kaballah inside out; as did Franklin and several others.

By: Dawood

Dawood — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:30 +0000

Does his nationality really matter today ? Today we obviously lack genuine democrats like Thomas Jefferson. And that’s not just my opinion. Look what famous peers said about Jefferson:

http://www.tributespaid.com/quotes-on/thomas-jefferson

By: Alec

Alec — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:13:33 +0000

Why does the author excludes the semitic origin
(I mean the arab origin) of Thomas Jefferson? Is that not possible? Or it doesn’t fit the racial profile of an American president? David Duke will be proud of you!

By: Linda F

Linda F — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:24:18 +0000

I dunno. I keep hearing claims of ancestry, but I’ve noticed that the various groups only want to claim the smart ones. I suggest we use affirmative action, and somehow link the dumber presidents and other celebrities to Jewishness.

By: Shy Guy

Shy Guy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:20:25 +0000

Didn’t Jefferson wear one of those white sheitels?
Ahah!!

By: hairymon

hairymon — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:09:45 +0000

Since you almost never hear Barry Goldwater asbeing the first Jew to run for President on one of the two major parties (which would probably also be true if his mother was Jewish instead of his father, unless he was raised Jewish), I think the same applies to Jefferson.
But I agree that it’s still quite interesting.

By: Thee_Bruno

Thee_Bruno — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:53:06 +0000

No wonder he was always eating at Katz’s Deli on NYC’s lower east side.
LOL

By: jerry

jerry — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:41:37 +0000

As you know “Jewishness” is passed matrilineally and therefore Jefferson could not be considered Jewish in any sense since this “evidence” is on the Y-Chromosome. So unless TJ made some positive move toward Judaism he is not the first Jewish President.
On another note, have we reached the point where we now replace the one drop of blood standard to the one gene standard for ethnic or racial identity? In a way that would put an end to all the racial classification nonsense because most humans share a large number of genes in common.