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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Bearing the surname indicates that one's patrilineal ancestors were priests in the Temple of Jerusalem"

How do you know? Did you run a bunch of DNA tests?[/quote]

New poster -- Point one:  It's just Jewish tradition and, in fact, in Judaism you are either a Cohen or a Levite.  The reason being descent from priests or followers.  Yes, there have been some DNA studies done but I have no idea what the result was.

[b]Point two:  I thought that the name Cohen came from a character in a tv show[/b].[/quote]

On The OC, they called Seth Cohen "Cohen". It was never meant to be his first name.

Also, not all Jews are Cohens or Levites, the majority are members of the general population known as "yisroel"s.

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I believe the National Genographic project said that all Jews can be traced back to 2 or 4 (can't remember which) women in ancient Israel.  Also, the Djembe tribe in Africa (not sure which country), always had their tribal lore stating that they were one of the lost tribes of Israel.  After the project did the testing, that is where they originated from...and I *think* may have been related to the Kohanim (sp?).  Fascinating stuff.  [/quote]

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