Levi's Discovery of DNA Connection

 Nadene Goldfoot                                  

     Dinah, sister of Levi who punished he who did her harm and all his men besides.  

Anatole A Klyosov, a genetic researcher, has discovered that 

the data show that a common ancestor of Cohanim (Jewish High Priest

haplogroup J1 lived 1070±170 ybp, while a common ancestor of

Cohanim in haplogroup J2 lived 3300±400 ybp.

YBP, or ybp, stands for years before present, a common term in science, archaeology, and genealogy to estimate when an event occurred relative to today. The "present" is typically standardized to Jan 1, 1950, reflecting when carbon dating became common. 

Many of our descendants of Jews who are Cohens in the synagogue  show they are of the J2 variety while a few even seem to come from the J1 line as well.  

Haplogroups J1 (J-M267) and J2 (J-M172) are brother clades that descend from a common ancestor, Haplogroup J (J-P209), separating approximately 30,000 years ago. While they share an ancient West Asian/Fertile Crescent origin and parallel migration routes, they represent distinct paternal lineages that separated before the Neolithic era and show different regional concentrations today. Shared Ancestry: Both are branches of the parent Haplogroup J, which is estimated to be roughly 20,000–40,000 years old.

Possible error here found 3:56pm:  "DNA studies suggest the paternal line of the tribe of Levi (Levites) traces back to a common ancestor approximately 3,300 to 3,500 years ago (roughly 1300–1500 BCE). This timeline aligns with the biblical period of the Exodus from Egypt and the establishment of the Aaronic priesthood."  Whew!  

                     A few of the tribe of Levi

Herbert David Hochfeld, a relative of my first cousin through his mother's line, is a J1. That distance of 1,070 years ago of 1950 was only about 1,000 years ago in the year 956 or so.  .  

  To give clarity, our biblical records show that Moses, who I say is a J2,  lived from about 1391 BCE to 1271 BCE according to Biblical records.  The + of 170 years takes care of bringing the time even closer to Moses, I believe. That was about 3,417 years ago  or in the year Moses was born in Egypt to Amram and Jochebed of the tribe of Levi, one of the 12 tribes of Jacob and their 3rd son.  Levi seems to be the line of many found Cohens of J2  that have survived to take their part in the synagogue. The scientist said J2 was 3300 years ago and we could play with 400 more years.  That would bring us to the year of 1294 BCE. So their records of DNA coincides with our Biblical story of Moses!!!!! 

Levi's history is special.  Levi and his brother, Simeon avenged the dishonoring of his sister, Dinah who was thought to have been raped by  slaying all the men of Shechem (Gen.34).  To their surprise, their father, Jacob,  yelled at them who forecasted that their descendants would be scattered throughout Israel (Gen49:7)  

Jacob's 1st wife was Leah who had 6 sons  who were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Nevertheless, in the 2nd Temple Period when all contact with gentile women was eschewed (avoided intentionally) , the act of Levi and Simeon was extolled (praised).  Levi had one daughter, Jochebed (mother of Moses) and 3 sons;  Gershom, Kohath who had a son Amram who had a son, Moses and Merari.  Levi died in Egypt at the age of 137.  J1's have joined the Cohen line somewhere along the line much later.  The Second Temple period in Jewish history began around 538–516 BCE. It commenced with the Return to Zion following the edict of Cyrus (538 BCE) and the completion of the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem (c. 516 BCE), marking the end of the Babylonian captivity and lasting until the Temple's destruction in 70 CE

Anatole A. Klyosov is a Russian-American scientist who worked in the fields of physical chemistry, chemical kinetics, enzyme catalysis, industrial biochemistry, chemical engineering, cancer research, and DNA genealogy. In 1989 Klyosov immigrated to the US.

Add-on: 1:10pm: Hmmm.  If J1 and J2 separated 30,000 years ago with J2 being the oldest, then our Cohen line from Levi is indeed an old one, but this J1 line now found and also happens to have people in the Cohen line gives me pause to wonder how they could connect as Cohens with such a long space between them.  30,000 years ago would have been the year 27974 BCE.  Some say that the Exodus took place in 1579 BCE to 1539 BCE.  

Assyrians took away Jews from the 11 other states with their attack in 721 BCE.  They deported 27,290 Israelites to Assyria.  Among them must have been Levites with Cohen ancestors.  

The 2nd Temple period 586 BCE allows for a division of Jews with some staying in Babylonia, and writing the more popular Talmud and those going on to Jerusalem and writing one, also.  

I have a theory.  From the time of this beginning and ending gap between J1 and J2, they were still using all the Levis and up to today.  They hadn't followed the male line, but the female.  The husband of a female from a Levite would be the next leader in the tribe and take over their duties.  This was a period when people realized how important the female was.  The religious practice never stopped;  it was just done by substitutes because they had run out of males of that line and the females had to be considered.  This was during any rites from Abraham on, though Judaism took place only with following the Laws of Moses.  That's why they couldn't follow the J2's until they met up again.  Somehow, they ran into a man who carried J2 at the time men took over again.  

Wikipedia

Resource:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/levites-dna-0018037  new resource 3:56pm 

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/FMfcgzQgLXvQFslmdWPfwXrZZnZbjDGh

Tanach,; the Torah (Old Testament) The Stone Edition,  Hebrew on one side, English on other side