Index of Kohenite Branches 1 Researched and Compiled by: Adam Cherson, JD-MPA (Updated 02 September 2025) © 2022 CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 by Adam Cherson Until the winter of 2022 the focus of this work had been on understanding and interpreting genetic information, and in constructing a haplogroup tree. 2 More recently, the focus has been expanded to include genealogical research, and more specifically on a) identifying and cataloging historic Kohenite lines (named after geographical origins of earliest known ancestors as of this writing), 3 and then b) linking these historic lines to each other, to project members, and to haplogroup branches. 4 The dual approach is yielding substantial historical and genealogical information, and the stage is set for far more, given sufficient community support and cooperation—which I hope to promote via this continually updated report. 5,6 A: Historic Lines Connected in the Study to Haplogroup Branches 7 1) Shpeyer (Rhine) Line (ZS9495) (BY68) 2) Virginia (USA) Line (ZS2366) (BY68) 3) Porto (N. Italy) Line (Y93388) (BY68) 4) Shinova (Jaroslaw, Galitsia) Line (?ZS2359) (BY68) 5) Zhetl (Grodno)-Kurenets (Vilejka, Vilna) Line (FT59268) (BY68) 6) Warsaw (Central Poland) Line (FGC9941) (BY68) 7) Nowy Sacz (Southeast Poland) Line (?ZS10441) (BY68) 8) Prague II (Czechia) Line (ZS2375 or BY68) (ZS2375 or BY68) 9) Ratisbona (Bavaria) Line (Y113483) (incl. Jacobi’s HaKohen-Rabinowitz “A”) (ZS2375) 10) Hanau (Hessen) Line (BY32846 xBY32851); Jacobi’s Cohen “A”) (ZS2375) 11) Oettingen (NE Swabia)-Metz (Alsace) Line (FTC78291) (ZS2375) 12) Turisk (Kovel, Volhinya)-Prague I (Czechia) Line (BY32851) (ZS2375) 13) Mezritch D’Lita (Radzyn, Siedice) Line (BY65054) (ZS2375) 14) Austrasia (Lotharingia-Franconia) Line (FT2609) (incl. Jacobi’s HaKohen “C”)(ZS2375) 15) Warta (West Poland) Line (?ZS2374) (ZS2375) 1 Due to resource limitations only the J-M267 line of priests is explored deeply in this report. Hammer et al. (Hammer et al., Extended Y chromosome haplotypes resolve multiple and unique lineages of the Jewish priesthood, Human Genetics, November 2009, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-009-0727-5) reported six main Kohenite lines (using the Hammer, et al. nomenclature): besides P58 (which equates to the subject of this report, i.e. J-M267, aka AB# 022), there is also M12 (a J2b line, AB# 051), M318 (a J2a line, AB# 480), M410* (a J2a line, AB# 047), M269 (R lines AB# 073 and # 074), and M123 (an E line, AB# 224b). Each of these lines merits a separate academic investigation. For more about the various lines see: Cherson, Historicity of the Tribe of Levi: A Genetic Perspective, 2022, https://www.academia.edu/79759276. For more about AB# see: https://jewishdna.net/ 2 For more detail about the haplogroup tree see Part 3 (at about minute 33) of : https://1drv.ms/v/s!AuwT- 4qnkJLBnTbpH6Sh6TRWYoAk 3 Please note that most, if not all, of the persons described in the following pages have profiles on GENI whose URLs I have cited in the footnotes, and note further that these citations are merely for identification purposes and are not intended to suggest a whole-cloth endorsement of the GENI tree. 4 Every line mentioned herein (except for the (D) lines) stems from a common ancestor estimated to have lived in 770 CE (between 548 CE and 992 CE with 95% certainty), most likely in or around Jerusalem. For more information about haplogroups see: https://discover.familytreedna.com/ (e.g. enter ‘J-ZS9495’). 5 Interactive map showing geographic origins of the lines described in this report: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1O8s7-eqSdLFdnWGi2uGiGQ6Yg6NfcSE&usp=sharing 6 To join the study: if you are already in the FTDNA database then please visit https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/cherson-family-project/about and click ‘JOIN”, or if not already in FTDNA contact me directly at etzchn@xyvy.info. Any person who may have a Cohanic background, or is in one of the Cohanic J-M267 haplogroups may apply to join the project. 7 These lines are all in either the J-ZS2375 or J-BY68 sub-trees, as shown.