Editing Sephardic Jews (section)

== Genetics ==
{{Main|Genetic history of Europe|Genetic history of the Middle East|Genetic studies on Jews}}
{{Further|Medical genetics of Jews}}

Genetically, Sephardic Jews are closely related to their [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi Jewish]] counterparts and studies have revealed that they mainly have a mixed Middle Eastern ([[Levant]]ine) and Southern European ancestry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/science/10jews.html|title=Studies Show Jews' Genetic Similarity|date=10 June 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=22 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222165735/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/science/10jews.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  Due to their origin in the Mediterranean basin and strict practice of [[endogamy]], there is a higher incidence of certain [[hereditary disease]]s and [[inherited disorder]]s in Sephardi Jews. However, there are no specifically Sephardic genetic diseases, since the diseases in this group are not necessarily common to Sephardic Jews specifically, but are instead common in the particular country of birth, and sometimes among many other Jewish groups generally.<ref>Talia Bloch [http://www.forward.com/articles/112426/ The Other Jewish Genetic Diseases] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115053608/http://www.forward.com/articles/112426/ |date=15 January 2010 }} ''The Jewish Daily Forward'' 28 August 2009</ref> The most important ones are:
* [[Beta-thalassemia]]
* [[Familial Mediterranean fever]]
* [[Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency]] and [[Gilbert's syndrome]]
* [[Glycogen storage disease type III]]
* [[Machado-Joseph disease]]