So it seems the conversion of Khazars (if it did indeed happen en masse) had relatively little impact on the overall bloodline of Ashkenazi Jews. study states that the great majority of Ashkenazi maternal lineages were not brought from the Near East (i.e., they were non-Israelite), nor were they recruited in the Caucasus (i.e., they were non-Khazar), but instead they were assimilated within Europe.īoth citations taken from the Wikipedia page on Ashkenazi Jews.
Huddersfield in England, suggests that at least 80 percent of theĪshkenazi maternal lineages derive from the assimilation of mtDNAs This seems to be backed by genetic studies:Ī 2013 study of Ashkenazi mitochondrial DNA, from the University of Either way, the theory that Khazars migrated west and became the Ashkenazi after the dissolution of their empire doesn't have much support among scholars. However most believe only the nobility converted to Judaism. Being monotheistic would have the advantage of making it harder for those powers to justify invasion/assimilation of the Khazars and choosing Judaism would have guaranteed them some form of independence. This seems to be a response to pressure from Orthodox Christians and Muslims (surrounding them). There is evidence that the Khazar nobility had converted to Judaism by the 10th century.
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