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I wanted to thank you all for your patience as I explored my ancestry. I have decided I am not Jewish because as I have said before I have never heard about it in the family and I had asked my grandparents in the past if we were Jewish and they said no.
 
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I am honestly a little skeptical about some of the information I have seen online about my ancestry. I wonder how much of it is true?
 
spidergoat said:
Your ancestry is irrelevant to whether you want to believe in Judaism.
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Sorry! I just wanted to explore it. I am not set on what I am yet but I have a general idea none the less. I figured that if I had some Jewish ancestry that would be a transition into believing in Judaism.
 
I just wanted to say I respect the Jewish community and Judaism. I also wanted to say that I am not sure if I have Jewish ancestry or not.
 
Actually, now that I think of it, I do not believe I am Jewish. Going by what I have heard in the family I am just German, Polish, Irish, and Russian.
 
Plenty of Jews there (not so much Ireland), your ancestors probably intermarried at some point.
 
mmatt9876 said:
I wanted to thank you all for your patience as I explored my ancestry. I have decided I am not Jewish because as I have said before I have never heard about it in the family and I had asked my grandparents in the past if we were Jewish and they said no.
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You are what you are . Don't look back to your ancestry , they might surprise you perhaps some were horse thieves and they got hanger or you might find there was a prostitute in your ancestry.
Be happy what you are and be a good citizen.
 
timojin said:
You are what you are . Don't look back to your ancestry , they might surprise you perhaps some were horse thieves and they got hanger or you might find there was a prostitute in your ancestry.
Be happy what you are and be a good citizen.
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Thanks for the advice.
 
I just wanted to apologize to the community here for all the confusion about my ancestry. I have decided that I am a German, Polish, Irish, and Russian American. All the other things I thought I was were based on research I did on several different online resources that I have now decided may not be absolutely credible. Thank you!
 
I have decided to share what I have discovered about my ancestry by doing online research. I have discovered I may have English, Dutch, French, Swiss, Roman, and Jewish ancestry too. I am not sure how credible this information is since I researched it online but I am willing to give it a chance.
 
mmatt9876 said:
I have decided to share what I have discovered about my ancestry by doing online research. I have discovered I may have English, Dutch, French, Swiss, Roman, and Jewish ancestry too. I am not sure how credible this information is since I researched it online but I am willing to give it a chance.
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Did you find your gran grandfather vas a horse thief and runoff to France /
 
mmatt9876 said:
I want to learn more about the Jews and Judaism. I want to learn about their history, language, and culture. I would also like to learn about Israel. I was wondering if members on the forum could recommend books, websites, or articles. Thank you!
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This will be super late in the conversation, but I highly recommend Simon Schama's works (the book and the documentary):
 
So to sum up my ancestry I am a German, Polish, Irish, and Russian American. I may also have some English, Dutch, French, Swiss, Roman, and Jewish ancestry too.
 
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