דער קערפער פֿון השם"On Nov. 24, 1989, in #MohaveCounty, #Arizona, a woman was found dead on the side of the interstate. Over 30 years later, the woman is yet to be identified. She is known only as the “#Mohave #JaneDoe.”
Her #DNA test results revealed that she was 96% #Ashkenazi #Jew. But, they told investigators little else.
Mohave is not the only instance of Ashkenazi #Jews struggling to understand their #ancestry through #genetictesting — nor is it the only time this unique #genetic makeup has interfered with what appears to be a #murder case.
But why? Why does someone’s heritage make them harder to understand biologically?
To find out, I spoke with #HannahFeuer, a #reporter at The Forward. Feuer recently covered the Mohave Jane Doe case and new efforts to find her identity once and for all in an article entitled: “Her body has been unidentified for decades. Her Ashkenazi DNA may explain why.”
