https://aeon.co/ideas/solving-the-mystery-of-the-druze-a-2000-year-old-odysseyСа друге стране се у истом раду каже да је генетска сличност Јевреја Ашкеназа и Друза веома велика, иако је настала из различитих древних оснивачких популација (Анадолци и Арменци).
Потом је објашњeно како Друзи и Јeврeји Ашкeнази крeћу из истог полазишта (Каквказ), али сe раздвајају и имају својe засeбнe путeвe, и много каснијe сусрeћу на истом мeсту (Лeвант).
The Near Eastern ancestors of the Druze emerged near the Fertile Crescent, in the region that saw the rise of domestication and agriculture. Unsurprisingly, it was also a major convergence point on the Silk Road, with trade routes leading to Constantinople and Antioch. This is when the Druze likely encountered the Ashkenazic Jews who played a key role in global trade.
The genetic similarity between Druze and Ashkenazic Jews is very high, although they emerged from different ancient founding populations (Anatolians and Armenians). However, although they started at the same place, they went their separate ways.
By the eighth century, Ashkenazic Jews had abandoned ancient Ashkenaz and moved north to Khazaria and west to Europe.
Two centuries later, the Druze ancestors began descending to the Levant to fight in the Crusades.
У сваком случају, Анадолија и Јерменија нису далеко од Балкана.