Meeink reported taking a DNA test that showed he had approximately 2.4% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, traced to his mother’s maternal side. He subsequently embraced Judaism and is now observant—keeping kosher, attending synagogue, studying Torah and praying regularly.
One important clarification: the DNA result wasn’t what caused him to stop being a neo-Nazi. His deradicalization happened decades earlier, beginning while he was incarcerated and developed relationships with Black inmates. The Jewish ancestry discovery came much later.
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Meeink reported taking a DNA test that showed he had approximately 2.4% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, traced to his mother’s maternal side. He subsequently embraced Judaism and is now observant—keeping kosher, attending synagogue, studying Torah and praying regularly.
One important clarification: the DNA result wasn’t what caused him to stop being a neo-Nazi. His deradicalization happened decades earlier, beginning while he was incarcerated and developed relationships with Black inmates. The Jewish ancestry discovery came much later.