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Latest DNA study of Lemba Jews. SAMJ: The South African Medical Journal: Y-chromosome variation was examined in the different Lemba groups, one in South Africa and a group in Zimbabwe (Remba) A sample of 261 males (76 Lemba,54 Remba,43 Venda and 88 South African Ashkenazi Jews was analysed for the 16 bi-allelic and 6 short tandem repeats (STRs) that resulted in the resolution of 102 STRs haplogroups distributed across 13 haplogroups. The non-African percentage in Lemba and Remba was 73.7% and 79.6%. In addition a subset of 91 individuals, 35 Lemba, 24 Remba and 32 S.A. Jews with haplogroup J were resolved further using six additional bi-allelic markers and 12 STRs to screen for the extended Cohen Model Haplogroup. Although 24 individuals were identified as having the original CMH (six STRs) only one SA Jew harboured the extended CMH. While its not possible to trace the origins of the non-African Y-Chromosomes in the Lemba or Remba, the study does not support earlier claims of their Jewish genetic heritage.