## *SEPHARDIC WORLD MEETING SUNDAY 25 APRIL 2021*## *IS THERE GENETIC EVIDENCE OF JEWS IN PORTUGAL?*Portugal was the crucible of the Western Sephardim. Not everyone left. Is there such a thing as Sephardic DNA? Can members of diaspora Sephardic communities be linked to individuals in Portugal? What can genetic studies in Portugal tell us about Sephardic migration? Can genetics be a tool in unraveling the history of the Sephardic diaspora?***Inês Nogueiro ***was born in northeastern Portugal, a region with a rich Jewish history. For the last 15 years, she has studied Iberian Jewish history from a population genetics perspective. She has a Ph.D. in Biology (Population Genetics of Jewish populations) from the University of Oporto. In 2018 she started a project with Prof Karl Skorecki at Bar Ilan University in Israel to construct a genetic database for the Iberian Sephardic Jews. She volunteers for a number of initiatives to promote interest in Sephardic history.The meeting is on Zoom on Sunday 25 April 2021 at 11am in LA, 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Amsterdam, and 9pm Jerusalem. If you want to receive a link to Zoom, for this and future meetings, please sign up be included on our mailing listhttps://mailchi.mp/sephardicgenealogy/sephardi-heritageIf you cannot get into the meeting we have an overflow at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpz6pgNSg_KWP-4KbErjU2gPlease note that we are trying YouTube for the overflow this week. Please subscribe to YouTube. It helps us! If YouTube doesn't work we shall go back to https://www.facebook.com/sephardicgenealogyOver the last year, ***Sephardic World*** has become the leading producer of content on Jewish history and genealogy, with a Sephardic slant. We have no commercial sponsorship or public funding. We do not charge people to attend our meetings or to view our content. If you care about Sephardic history and are not already a patron, we invite you to support our work: https://www.patreon.com/sephardiIf you don’t plan to attend the meeting but want to support our work, please consider making a one-off donation here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sephardicgenealogyBest wishes,*Ton and David*## *SEPHARDIC WORLD*