The original Israelites were melanated

SUMMARYThe original Israelites were melanated (Nov 3, 2026). Tito: "many of the original Jews were melanated."
RECORD, ancient DNA: Agranat-Tamir et al., "The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern Levant," Cell 181 (2020): 1146–1157. Genomes of 73 individuals from five sites with Canaanite material culture; the population mixed local Levantine ancestry with people from the Zagros/Caucasus in roughly equal parts; "Levant-related modern populations typically have substantial ancestry" from these sources. The people of the land were Levantine, not European.
RECORD, living communities: Beta Israel (Ethiopia); the Lemba (southern Africa): Thomas et al. (2000, American Journal of Human Genetics) found the Cohen modal haplotype at high frequency in the Buba clan (

DISPUTEDlater work questions a specifically Jewish link while confirming non-African Y lineages); Cochin Jews (India); the Jews of Yemen and North Africa

PATTERNEuropean Renaissance and later art painted Israelites and Jesus as pale Europeans; the ancient population and many living communities were brown-to-dark.
LINE (Rule 6): this is about ancient ancestry and art rewrites. It never means today's Jews aren't real Jews, and it never assigns group blame. Every people mixes and moves over 3,000 years, ours included

OPENpigmentation predictions from ancient Levantine genomes (needs deep research).