Falashas are ancient Ethiopians!

International Institute of Anthropology, Paris, France.DNA samples from Falasha Jews and Ethiopians were studied with the Y-chromosome-specific DNAprobe p49a to screen for TaqI restriction polymorphisms and haplotypes. Two haplotypes (V and XI) arethe most widespread in Falashas and Ethiopians, representing about 70% of the total number ofhaplotypes in Ethiopia. Because the Jewish haplotypes VII and VIII are not represented in the Falashapopulation, we conclude that the Falasha people descended from ancient inhabitants of Ethiopia whoconverted to Judaism.