Twersky Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Twersky to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
R1b-FGC21049
Clade R1b
Also spelled: (no significant spelling variants documented)
Eight pedigreed patrilineal descendants of Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl (1730-1797), founder of the Chernobyl Chassidic dynasty, match a haplotype under the R1b-V88 branch, terminal SNP FGC21049. Authors propose a Sephardic-Iberian founder ancestor roughly 450-2100 years before present, later moving into Ashkenazi Central/Eastern Europe.
Source: Paull JM, Briskman J, Twersky YM. "The Y-DNA Genetic Signature and Ethnic Origin of the Twersky Chassidic Dynasty" [AB-069]. Avotaynu Online, September 11, 2017.
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