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=== Samaritan lineages === Demographic investigations of the Samaritan community were carried out in the 1960s. Detailed pedigrees of the last 13 generations show that the Samaritans comprise four lineages:<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Oefner |first1=Peter J. |last2=Hõlzl |first2=Georg |last3=Shen |first3=Peidong |last4=Shpirer |first4=Isaac |last5=Gefel |first5=Dov |date=2013 |title=Genetics and the history of the Samaritans: Ychromosomal microsatellites and genetic affinity between Samaritans and Cohanim |url=https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=humbiol_preprints |journal=Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints |via=DigitalCommons@WayneState}}</ref> * The priestly [[Kohen|Cohen]] lineage from the tribe of Levi. * The Tsedakah lineage, claiming descent from the tribe of Manasseh * The Joshua-Marhiv lineage, claiming descent from the tribe of Ephraim * The Danafi lineage, claiming descent from the tribe of Ephraim
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