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Furthermore, Judaism has allowed for voluntary conversion through most of its history. Indeed, the great-grandmother of [[King David]], [[Ruth]], was a Moabite convert. Therefore, even if the Ashkenazi were descendants of Khazar converts, they would still be entirely, legitimately Jewish in the eyes of Jewish law.

Furthermore, Judaism has allowed for voluntary conversion through most of its history. Indeed, the great-grandmother of [[King David]], [[Ruth]], was a Moabite convert. Therefore, even if the Ashkenazi were descendants of Khazar converts, they would still be entirely, legitimately Jewish in the eyes of Jewish law.

Additionally there is the question of gene mixing which would inevitably occur when two populations lived close together. No matter how stringent social or religious constraints might be against either, mixed marriages and extramarital [[sex]] are still going to happen. An excellent example of this are [[African American]]s that have a much lighter skin-tone than is common in the West-African home of their ancestors. This is of course due to widespread marital and extramarital mixture with non-black populations in the US, and [[slaves]] often didn't [[Rape|have a say in the matter]]. [[Thomas Jefferson]] and his children are just one well-known example of this.{{efn|In the case of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings, what often gets left out is that Sally Hemmings was Jefferson's wife's half-sister and was 3/4 white. She was a slave by accident of birth, and her six children with Jefferson were 7/8 white yet born into slavery, highlighting the whole absurdity and cruelty of the practice.}} [[Obama]]'s ''mother'' is another good example; it turns out that one of her ancestors happened to be among the first Africans in the colonies and arguably the first slave.<ref>{{wpa|Family of Barack Obama}}</ref> And this was a result of — at best — four centuries of living side-by-side, not twelve centuries as would be the case with the Khazars.

Additionally there is the question of gene mixing which would inevitably occur when two populations lived close together. No matter how stringent social or religious constraints might be against either, mixed marriages and extramarital [[sex]] are still going to happen. An excellent example of this are [[African American]]s that have a much lighter skin-tone than is common in the West-African home of their ancestors. This is of course due to widespread marital and extramarital mixture with non-black populations in the US, and [[slaves]] often didn't [[Rape|have a say in the matter]]. [[Thomas Jefferson]] and his children are just one well-known example of this. In the case of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings, what often gets left out is that Sally Hemmings was Jefferson's wife's half-sister and was 3/4 white. She was a slave by accident of birth, and her six children with Jefferson were 7/8 white yet born into slavery, highlighting the whole absurdity and cruelty of the practice. [[Obama]]'s ''mother'' is another good example; it turns out that one of her ancestors happened to be among the first Africans in the colonies and arguably the first slave.<ref>Family of Barack Obama</ref> And this was a result of — at best — four centuries of living side-by-side, not twelve centuries as would be the case with the Khazars.

==Neo-Nazi Issa Nakhleh==

==Neo-Nazi Issa Nakhleh==