Razib Khan explains Genetics, DNA Tests, and Jewish Ancestry
Conversations That Matter
Jon Harris
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Razib Khan shares his knowledge of ancestry tests, how they work, what the science of genetics entails, and weighs in on internet controversy the degree to which Jewish people are linked to the Levant.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome once again to the Conversations That Matter podcast, I'm a host, John Harris. |
| 0:14.6 | We have a guest on today who has not been on the podcast before, but he has a lot of really |
| 0:18.6 | interesting things to share. I'm actually very much |
| 0:21.2 | looking forward to learning about the science of genetics quite a bit more because, you know what? |
| 0:26.1 | I did the DNA test, just like so many of you did. I know, I know. They have your DNA, John. |
| 0:30.5 | You should never have done it while I did it. So, so did many of my family members. And what the |
| 0:36.5 | confusing thing is, you get this, this result sheet back that's got all these different |
| 0:41.9 | regions and ethnicities. |
| 0:43.8 | And for me, it actually wasn't really that exciting. |
| 0:46.3 | It's like you're basically from England. |
| 0:48.2 | It's like, okay, yeah, I knew that. |
| 0:50.4 | And the thing is, though the percentages on that will change over time as they update. |
| 0:55.5 | And you're like, what happened? |
| 0:57.3 | Right? |
| 0:57.5 | Like some people are like, did I lose my German? |
| 1:00.2 | Did it just all convert to Scotland? |
| 1:02.1 | How did this happen? |
| 1:02.9 | So we're going to talk about that. |
| 1:04.2 | We're also going to talk about a little bit about Israel and the whole debate there about whether or not modern Jews or Jews, because |
| 1:11.6 | that's become such a big thing, even among Christians, to claim that, well, there really |
| 1:16.6 | aren't any Jews anymore or their Edomites or their Khazars or something like that. |
| 1:20.4 | So we're going to see where the conversation takes us. |
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