 Today , the majority of the Igbo people are Christian , although many also retain belief in their traditional religion . Over half of the Christians are Roman Catholic . There are a small population of Igbo Jews , who claim descent from ancient Jewish traders who married their women . This claim is based on population genetics that shows Igbos has <unk> gene which is one of the original Eve genes L1 , L2 , L3 . Recent books use <unk> and paleoanthropology to demonstrate that Hebrew language was formed from Igbo language consonants . 
