My mom is a Jew from Libya and my dad is Ashkenazi from Eastern Europe.

我的母亲是利比亚的犹太人，我的父亲是是东欧的阿什肯纳齐人。

My mom is 100-percent Ashkenazi Russian Jewish, and my dad is 50-percent Korean and 50-percent Belgian.

我妈妈是百分之百的德系犹太人，我爸爸一半韩国一半比利时血统。

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE NOT ASHKENAZI AND WE'RE NOT SEPHARDI.

好吧，首先，我们不是 ASHKENAZI，也不是 SEPHARDI。

Ashkenazi Jews for instance are vulnerable to Tay-Sachs.

例如， 亚述犹太人易感泰桥氏症。

His father was Hermann Einstein, an Ashkenazi Jew from Buchau in Wurttemberg.

他的父亲是赫尔曼·爱因斯坦，一位来自符腾堡州布豪的德系犹太人。

Its name is yiddish for little grandmother and is thought to have originated in Ashkenazi communities of Poland and the Ukraine.

它的名字是意第绪语，意思是小祖母，认为起源于波兰和乌克兰的阿什肯纳齐社区。

But the unusual prevalence of the Tay-Sachs mutation in Ashkenazi populations may be another example of heterozygote advantage.

但德系人群中 Tay-Sachs 突变的异常流行可能是杂合子优势的另一个例子。

For example, Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry is associated with higher rates of BRCA-1 mutations, which is a genetic risk factor for breast cancer.

例如，德系犹太血统与较高的 BRCA-1 突变率有关，而 BRCA-1 突变是乳腺癌的遗传风险因素。

So, we know that there are clear differences in IQ scores among American racial groups, between whites and Asians, African Americans, Ashkenazi Jews.

因此， 我们知道美国各种族之间的智商得分存在巨大差异。

As I said, because of my Jewish background, I was aware of the unusually high rate of Tay-Sachs in the Ashkenazi population.

正如我所说， 由于我的犹太背景，我知道德系犹太人中的 Tay-Sachs 比率异常高。