The big problem with this theory is genetics and though the article mentions it, doesn't offer any explanations.
Ashkenazi Jews are almost identical to the people who are today called Palestinians, who have probably been living in the area for a very long time at this point (before the Khazarian .
Here's some more links in case you feel like digging through all the analyses that have been done.
We don't have any genetic info on whether the Ashkenazi are related to the Khazarian people
it's an interesting topic, however, contrary to your statement, i believe there is genetic info
given the Jewish-Zionist propaganda machine, i would not be surprised in the least if most Jews are not Jews and, instead Khazars, who were apparently a very unsavory and war-like bunch
Elhaik compared “genetic signatures” found in Jewish populations with those of modern-day Armenians and Georgians, which he uses as a stand-in for the long-extinct Khazarians because they live in the same area as the medieval state.
As the article notes, there's no reason to believe modern day Armenians and Georgians are indigenous to the Khazaria region.
There are some Khazarian skeletons that have been found but no genetic analysis on them (at least published).
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Drenki ago
The big problem with this theory is genetics and though the article mentions it, doesn't offer any explanations.
Ashkenazi Jews are almost identical to the people who are today called Palestinians, who have probably been living in the area for a very long time at this point (before the Khazarian .
Here's some more links in case you feel like digging through all the analyses that have been done.
Jewish genetics
Palestinian genetics
A simpler article on the subject of their similarities
Further reading
My takeaways:
xeemee ago
it's an interesting topic, however, contrary to your statement, i believe there is genetic info
given the Jewish-Zionist propaganda machine, i would not be surprised in the least if most Jews are not Jews and, instead Khazars, who were apparently a very unsavory and war-like bunch
Drenki ago
I think there is only one stand-out study.
https://www.darkmoon.me/2013/top-israeli-scientist-says-ashkenazi-jews-came-from-khazaria-not-palestine/
http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/12/14/gbe.evs119.full.pdf
As the article notes, there's no reason to believe modern day Armenians and Georgians are indigenous to the Khazaria region.
There are some Khazarian skeletons that have been found but no genetic analysis on them (at least published).