The study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history.
Questions tagged [genealogy]
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Can Mitochondrial DNA testing be used to confirm Jewishness?
A friend of mine is having difficulty obtaining documents confirming the jewishness of their maternal line and thus they cannot confirm they are jewish.
Mitochondrial DNA is only passed down the maternal line, so I'm lead to think this test might…
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Do some parents hide Jewish ancestry from their children? If yes, WHY?
My parents told me I'm British, Welsh, French, Acadian French, German and Native American... but never Jewish. I recently found out I have Jewish ancestry as well.
Is this a common occurrence: to hide such ancestry? I'm not trying to be Jewish by…
David
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Am I Jewish? How to go about proving this is my Grandmother is deceased?
I am sure there are many other questions that have similarities to mine. I apologize ahead of time if this irritates anyone.
Growing up I always felt a strange kinship with the jewish children in our neighborhood, and as I got older I was…
Jennifer Rockhill
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