Looking for information on the Ashkenazi "German" Jews?

Question

I actually have a few questions:

What are the facial features of Ashkenazi Jews?

where did they migrate from before they ended up in Germany?

what was their native language?

Can DNA gnome testing pick up traits of Jewish decent in women of mixed ethnicities?

Answer 1

I will start out with DNA: I have Ashkenazi Jew from Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Netherlands, and Slovakia; yes, the DNA does reflect Jewishness (it is not just a "race" or "religion".  I have 2 other groups of Jewish ancestors that show up in my DNA!).

As to the rest of your queries, I believe that this website will fairly well answer your questions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi

Answer 2

Try here for good general history and Dna details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi