Apostle Letters, Early Reference, Indian Tradition, Thomas the Apostle

Dear George Mathew, Thanks for the valuable update. Now …

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Comment posted Letters of St. Thomas the Apostle to Edessa from India by Jackson.

Dear George Mathew,

Thanks for the valuable update. Now I get a clearer understanding of the time of arrival of your and Jacob’s and other Cohen DNAs (so far seen in the project) in Malabar.

Well if I get it right now from Debbie and you, ur common founder male ancestors/cousins arrived in Malabar, earliest, in the 1st cent. AD, or even later !

Katz says that the MRCA (for the Nasrani Cohens and the matching Cohen Jews today) lived ‘anywhere much lesser’ than 2000 yrs ago which says many things. Now following are the possibilities as to who these Cohen ancestors, genetically, (and possibly other Jews who came with them) were in creed:

1). If the migration was before Christian era, i.e. 1 AD to 27 AD (approx. year of crucifixion of Christ), then ur common ancestors(s) migrated here not as pagans/animists (in creed), but as adherents of Judaism (whether in personal faith or not).

2). If in 52 AD (with Thomas) or immediately later then there are high possibilities they came here already Christianized (early Jewish Christians), leaving their non-christian counterparts behind. Syriac Christianity hadnt formed still….

3). If the migration was much much later, then they still came here as Jews, religion-wise, (because the MRCA lived lesser than 2000 yrs ago and therefore has to be a Jew, not Christian, since a branch of his descendents who follow Judaism still live and not all are christians!) and were evangelized by the Syriac/Nestorian missionaries and converted subsequently. This point is a bit wacky and confusing. But is one of the logical possibilities.

Point. 3 almost entirely rules out the possibility that your ancestors came here “as Syriac Christians”. They might have come here christianized as said in point 2 but with no official church affiliations and later as all Nasranis came under one historical influence from the middle-eastern churches, so did ur ancestors.

Any of the above possibilities could be true. Now, hypothesis kind of seems to meet facts (genetic). But some more missing pieces remain to say the precise time period of arrival as in ADs, therefore we cannot conclude for sure.

Could u tell me what did Aburto’s study on your relatedness to the Katz cluster say, if info is available ?