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“Are Yemeni Jews 40% Rh Negative?”

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The latest claim brought to my attention was that 40% of Yemenite Jews are rh negative. No study has been provided to support this claim.

Yemenite Jews or Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from Hebrew: יהודי תימן‬ Yehudey Teman; Arabic: اليهود اليمنيون‎) are those Jews who live, or once lived, in Yemen. The term may also refer to the descendants of the Yemenite Jewish community. Between June 1949 and September 1950, the overwhelming majority of Yemen’s Jewish population was transported to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet.

Here is one study:

9.4 % of the blood samples were Rh-negative, as compared with the findings of the previous
study of 13.5 % amongst the Ashkenasi community, 12-3 yo for the Sephardic and 13.1 % for the
Oriental community. Gurevitch, Brzezinski & Polishuk (1947) in a study of the Rh factor and
haemolytic disease of the newborn amongst Jerusalem Jews, examined forty-four Yemenite
Jews with only one (2.3%) Rh-negative finding.

Source: BLOOD GROUPS IN JEWS PROM THE YEMEN

Conclusion:

The claim lacks serious credibility, but as always, new studies are invited to be brought to my attention.

See also:

Are Rhesus Negative People “Jewish”?

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5 Comments

  1. Grant Schultz October 25, 2018

    Do Rh negatives have a closer connection to God ?

    This would be a good survey question.

    • Mike DammannAuthor October 26, 2018

      I love it. I am just thinking if I can reword it to something more people can identify with. Many believe in a spirit, energy which runs the world.

  2. Conchi Urriolabeitia October 29, 2018

    I am here because I’m trying to find out if anybody knows the origin of the last name Beristain. It is spelled very similar to Berenstain. I am Basque. I’m trying to find out if the Basque names with the Stain ending came from Hebrew or vice versa. I need to find out for health reasons.

    My email is conchiu.urriolabeitia@gmail.com.

    • Mike DammannAuthor October 29, 2018

      Ashkenazi names such as Stain/Stein are fairly new and are German, not Hebrew. No connection there.

  3. rosemary hopkin October 31, 2018

    I have been wondering if my life is just a series of coincidences …I dont look for trouble , but it always happens .. I stumble on to things , I m not meant to ..Big Stuff …. I am Rh B neg.

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