AF-272: Do You Have Jewish Genealogy? | Ancestral Findings Podcast

Jewish Genealogy? Do you have a Jewish surname in your family tree? If so, you will want to know its origin and meaning. Knowing this allows you to see the story of this family tree branch. Join me today, and I’ll discuss what you need to know about your ancestral Jewish genealogy surnames.
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[@Ancestralfindings]

Thank you for listening to the podcast and subscribing... I really appreciate it.

[@prussianproductions9958]

Ancestral Findings your saying my family isn’t European? They’re Middle Eastern?

[@prussianproductions9958]

Ancestral Findings ps: my last name is Levenberg

[@g--br1el985]

Is Domínguez a sephardic jewish surname?

[@shannonhondo260]

@@g--br1el985 you should be able to google Sephardic surname list and it will list the names in alphabetical order

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

I am from India and my surname sounds like Jewish that is jakhar/zakhar/Zacharias in Germany i know my ancestory came from mecedonia (Greece) that is one hundred percent true i don't know how we adopted Jewish surname that is a mystery?

[@cajsheen2594]

Would have been nice to see the names printed! X

[@sandyfields678]

I asked a question,,already ..know history.. ..thanx.

[@cajsheen2594]

​@@sandyfields678 ? ? ? X

[@rosebay44Evergreen-ti3zl]

Had a DNA test done and found I am 49% Ashkenazi on my paternal side which raises a lot of questions about my paternity. My parents are dead, so there is investigation ahead as the family of my biological father has been identified. Wish me luck.

[@elsadog9]

I have Berjar( Behar) on my Mom's side and Carvajal on my Dad's. Carvajals are from Portugal as Carvalho means oak tree and has no meaning in Spanish.( We are from Latin America and I always knew that my Mom's grandfather was Jewish because he kept the Sabbath and told my Mom that she needed to go to her mother's "church" because she was a Catholic through her Mom and grandmother. So my question was always and "what the heck would that make you, grandpa"? It was never discussed in our homes but interestingly either was "Jesus").

[@raimiranda126]

Miranda here! Wonderful! Praise YAH! Forever!

[@daniyalmalikmehboob7476]

Where are you from bro?

[@iamjustsaying4787]

You need to read Exodus 3:13-17.

[@coolboy5428]

Down with "Yah"

[@raimiranda126]

@@iamjustsaying4787 I READ it. And you need to read Psalms 89:8 (RNKJV) O YHVH Elohim of hosts, who is a strong YAH like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? AND Psalms 68:4 (RNKJV) Sing unto Elohim, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name YAH, and rejoice before him. YAHUWAH/YAHWEH OR however you choose to pronounce it, is HIS FULL Name, YAH the shortened. That's why HalleluYAH means PRAISE YAH. You have A PROBLEM with that? REWRITE THE SCRIPTURES if you want. Psalms 150:6 (RNKJV) Let every thing that hath breath praise YAH. Praise ye YHVH. Psalms 150:6 (JUB) Let every thing that has breath praise JAH. Halelu-JAH.: Psalmorum 150:6 (CLEM) Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum ! Alleluja. The Scriptures CANNOT be broken. (John 10:35)

[@raimiranda126]

@@daniyalmalikmehboob7476 Philippines

[@myriamercolino3361]

My grandfather and my father they was born on Gargano Mount in Northern Apulia

[@cindysmale9290]

My dad's mom came from Poland to America around the 1890s. Her maiden name was Jacobinski. She married a man whose last name was Hoholek, my grandfather. Myvgrandparents practiced Catholicism. Did Jews who came through Ellis Island sometimes change their religious affiliation to fit into their new homeland - like Jewish to Catholic? Jacob means "Israel," so I was wondering if Jacobinski could have some Jewish origins. Thank you for your video sir. Cindy

[@hungjury7482]

Jacobinski is possibly Jewish but not necessarily, Poles had these kinds of names very often so I see no reason to assume they're Jews

[@Lagolop]

Geller doesn't just mean "blond hair". It is the Yiddish/German word for yellow. Yiddish for "blond" is "blonde".

[@567ahrens]

Wow i just know their meaning My granfather has geller surname.

[@lenkasarenka9162]

Anybody knows what is the etimology of surname Wrzoński ?

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Would a name like Bluhm have Jewish history? There were whispers in the Family but, denied by grandfather.

[@CLEFT3000]

Thank you 🙏

[@imapatching09]

My Mother's side are descended from Askenazi Jews but now Christian - I know that Kerber originated from Basketmakers or Basket peddlers. The other Jewish ancestors Seifert but have not found out the meaning of that name. Does anyone know? They came from was was then West Prussia.

[@nancy12452]

my grandmother's last name was Seifert.

[@hungjury7482]

Means "peace-victory" in German, implying victory in a war. Relatively common relative is Siegfried.

[@hungjury7482]

@@corryjookit7818 probably from a given name Seraphim, derived from "angels". Common in Orthodox countries and relatively common among Jews.

[@hungjury7482]

@@corryjookit7818 no, doesn't relate necessarily to Judaism

[@KC-1940]

what does STEIGELMANN mean?

[@I_Soval_I]

I cannot find the history behind the surname “Soval” if anyone is willing to find out. Since all I find are Star Trek characters or dead ends.

[@eddierayporter1716]

My dad has Zimmerman, Haas, and Lehman Jewish Surnames. When my Zimmerman ancestry settled in America they changed Zimmerman too Carpenter. The Sephardic ancestry knowledge for me is up in the air. Got Some Spanish soo least they Might still be Sephardic According to what my Dad's mother said

[@JIL7790]

One or two of my ancestors on my mom's side also has Haas surname and I'm jewish descent

[@sandyfields678]

Carpenter frm zimmerman..quite a leap.. wow....had no clue..

[@sandyfields678]

Do ur dna..did mine in 2018.. needs updating.but had been ill . ..birth father was priebe.but never knew him as never saw birth certificate til nv 20s.. then wrote for it as my dad raised me.....then it was 4 my horoscope 2 see wen i was born..in 70s ,whats my sign.. haha. so lost interest. ,i was. young and very busy.. ..

[@Lagolop]

@@sandyfields678 Not a leap at all. Zimmerman = Carpenter in English.

[@IchabodvanTassel98]

@@Lagolop so zimmer means wood?

[@omars4354]

What about Singer?

[@perryE17403]

Thanks

[@wewjoj]

I have ancestors with the last name Dorin, and it's from Germany or Poland. Does anybody know if this is an Ashkenazic surname or anything about that? The Oxford Dictionary of American Surnames says its etymology is either French or a slavicized version of an Ashkenazic surname (which seems more likely).

[@hungjury7482]

Doesn't sound Jewish to me but it's not impossible

[@Lagolop]

@@hungjury7482 DorON/DorIN is a Hebrew name and a rather common one at that.

[@alesiabradley5399]

I have been told that Daniels has a jewish-french origin just wondering about it?

[@lookman-2844]

Mimodanies surname. I suspect Pither for Peter, What inquisitor would doubt they were not Christian.

[@lookman-2844]

Raambam

[@luannacruz3140]

What about Kisulis

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

Foster kid here. Was told Brinkman is Jewish. Is this true?

[@hungjury7482]

Possible but no results on Jews with that name

[@myriamercolino3361]

My father Dna is Haplogroup G-M285 also called Haplogroup G1 aplotype G1a and I knew aplotype G1a is Ashkenazi

[@TMGXxEcHoxX]

Alien

[@myriamercolino3361]

@@TMGXxEcHoxX Yes it is

[@the_glitter_is]

Ashkenazi Herschel here (mother's maiden name.) It means deer.

[@coolboy5428]

ewwww

[@the_glitter_is]

@@coolboy5428 Are you talking?

[@orrbifold]

very similar to Hart

[@burnicebenjamin5941]

Can you enlighten me about the surname Douglas?

[@I_Wish_I_Was_Home]

isnt that Clan Douglas in Scotland

[@I_Wish_I_Was_Home]

@Remnant Girl Jewish?!?

[@toocutepuppies6535]

So, I'm working with Karp and Goldschlager. Any suggestions and/or clues?

[@shannonhondo260]

Sound like Germanic names. Although i know Kartman is jewish

[@DogDogGodFog]

German.

[@putinisaterrorist2047]

Goldschlager is German and means Goldbeater

[@Lagolop]

Names that are common to Jews and non Jew of Germanic origins. I know Jews with BOTH those names.

[@Lagolop]

@@shannonhondo260 Names that are common to Jews and non Jew of Germanic origins. I know Jews with BOTH those names.

[@lyricalaska]

I am a Kaeselitz and also Klaas

[@countryhome7668]

I am trying to find Cohenour surname, is it from the tribe of Levi?

[@hithere2697]

same from Central Asia

[@dd1644]

Does the name bambush mean anything to anyone?

[@superpeaceloveunity]

Is Wunderlich a Jewish surname?

[@jenniferhatch6632]

What about the last name Baughman?

[@hungjury7482]

Probably originally Baum or Baumann, the German word for tree or someone associated with Lumber

[@lynnstevens9666]

What's with de as POUR ah? The rest of the world pronounces it die AS por ah. King Fernidad? Makes one a little hesitant when the script talks about names.

[@nancyposner8071]

I suggest the maker of the video contact someone who is Jewish to advise in pronunciation. There were many unfortunate pronunciation errors in this video.

[@ivypoet]

Jakab and Molnar come to Croatia from Hungary. I assume that they are related to the Jewish people if anyone knows more

[@Gtrmanify]

My namer Ingold is listed in some places as a jewish name and in other german or english

[@robertmurray8763]

My cousins did a DNA test, and nearly 15% of their ancestry was Jewish ✡️. Their ancestry is mainly British, some Italian some Jewish ✡️. The ancestors have lived in rural southeastern Australia for the last 170 years.

[@eduardomeiger]

Meyer, Mayer or Meier are german-jewish too?

[@hungjury7482]

Yeah, it's generally anyone associated with a farm but not always the labor elements which Jews were banned from, it's quite common among Jews but also non-Jews

[@simonlevy2154]

Yes

[@julieniswanger3092]

Is Kirsh a Jewish name .My greatgrandmother came from Germany and her last name was kirsch.

[@ereneschwartz3332]

Schwartz, became Schwarz. And we have Haase , and many others Jewish surnames in our family in the 1700's to 1900's.

[@donschwartz9585]

You have to remember that many Jew coming through Ellis Island had their names changed to Anglo names because either the Agents checking them in could pronounce or spell their names.

[@gatheringleaves]

Yep, my great grandfather went from Chaim Krelstein to Hyman Cohen

[@the_glitter_is]

True for Italians, as well. They changed or completely dropped end vowels. My grandparents last name was changed from an i at the end to an o.

[@tastx3142]

The same happened to those entering England. With thick accents nobody understood their names and especially those who were literate only knew the Cyrillic alphabet. Many became Harris or Miller and my husband’s grandfather left Ukraine for England as a child with his family and their name was changed before they eventually moved to the US.

[@coolboy5428]

And to cloak themselves among the whites.

[@coolboy5428]

@@tastx3142 They are not welcome in England

[@90sHouseBoy]

Any Jews out there that can help me - we are Irish and live in Scotland and surname is Whiteside - we have started to question about Judaism because most of our family on that surname have certain disease and illnesses that doctors say are mostly common in Ashkenazi Jewish people. Looking back at my family my grandparents and great grandparents and great-great grandparents and they all look Jewish. I don’t know if our religion was hidden from us but this has always intrigued me so much and when I’ve just recently been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis I was told by my “british” surgeon who was actual Muslim that my illnesses is more common in the Jewish Ashkenazi people. Is this right and can any jew out there tell me if they’ve ever known of the Jewish surname Whiteside please and thank you.

[@brycekifer8481]

Same here man “kifer” I think my family hid the religion or something we are all very skinny people with long noses and brown curly hair and eyes

[@brycekifer8481]

My grandma aslo suffers from The same stomach disease you mentioned

[@Lagolop]

In reality there is no "Jewish look". we look like everything under the sun. The stereotypes are just that and not true. I am virtually 100% Ashkenazi and have blondish red straight hair, a small nose, blue eyes and very pale skin. Most of the time people would assume I am Scandinavian.

[@glittermama]

You could have your DNA tested.

[@natedill9180]

All my family names are burton, freeman, Dutton,sims,Owens, Doran,dill. Am I Jewish or from Jews in ancient times or Europeans?

[@IchabodvanTassel98]

Lol owen sounds irish

[@glittermama]

@@IchabodvanTassel98 Welsh

[@IchabodvanTassel98]

@@glittermama yup thank you

[@glittermama]

@@IchabodvanTassel98 Pleasure

[@adrianamaclennan7832]

Yes I would like to know about GLASS.

[@annecohen8927]

Glassman......

[@adrianamaclennan7832]

@@annecohen8927 care to expound?

[@c.f.okonta8815]

Glasser or Glazer is Jewish

[@ayanbeig4969]

My Grandfather Surname is Buchner mean Beech tree, or High middle German its Ashkenazi surname

[@GregoryKearney]

I have the Abraham and Amon surname in my tree.

[@myriamercolino3361]

What do you think about my surname?

[@cherylanderson6503]

Relatives came from the rhine river in Germany and webb came from Europe i believe. I have rh negative bloodline possible from tribe of Dan

[@Lagolop]

The only Jewish people (I am Jewish) that know their tribal lineage are the Kohanin from the tribe of Levy. I certainly do not know what tribe my family came from. Besides, all the tribes coalesced with Judah anyway long ago. Hence the reason we are all called JEWS.

[@myriamercolino3361]

What do you think about my father Dna?

[@donnal.c.8073]

??

[@myriamercolino3361]

@@donnal.c.8073 Why?

[@myriamercolino3361]

@@donnal.c.8073 Which is your question?

[@myriamercolino3361]

@@donnal.c.8073 tell me what you don't understood?

[@beezknees4339]

My family surname is wolgamott......been told its German/jewish, meaning, happy farmer

[@hungjury7482]

Close, it means "in high spirits" but it is also the name of a flower (Wohlgemuth), though Idk of any Jews with it

[@monicadabney8471]

My background from mothers side..North African, Sephardic Jew. However we are Traditional Catholic, Praise the Lord!! Love Yeshua !! However, do respect my ancestry.

[@davidhui7894]

Is Lette a Jewish surname? Thanks

[@elsadog9]

I think it's Italian.

[@goatest725]

Is levy jewish?

[@HiTopsVideoMemorabilia]

My last name is Katz. I keep wondering what it means.

[@coolboy5428]

It means evil

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

@@coolboy5428 you reap what you sow.

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

Hi Katz means cat in German. Shalom in Yeshua

[@HiTopsVideoMemorabilia]

@@toosiyabrandt8676 aww thank you! I am a cat lover!

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

@@coolboy5428 You reap what you sow.

[@OkieGal123]

What about stonebarger or steinberger?

[@DogDogGodFog]

That's German.

[@Lagolop]

@@DogDogGodFog Jewish too and rather common Jewish names.

[@yallajalla5197]

It is German. The translation for it would be stonemountainer (stein=stone, berg=mountain + er for the fact that it is a person). But because jewish people can be german too some of them of course have german surnames too. Those jewish-german surnames are typically known for being long and beautiful, for example Silberstein or Morgenstern.

[@Lagolop]

@@yallajalla5197 Jewish surnames are like any surnames in the sense that they can be patronymic (the father's name like Jacobson, or Davidson), or place names of origin like Koningsberg or profession names like Schmit or Fleisher, or as you say the more fanciful names (usually families of wealth or power). The notion of surnames for anybody in Europe was rare until relatively recent say the 1700s (unless royalty). It was introduced as a means to take a census of people for tax and military service purposes. It was applied to everyone (Christian or Jewish).

[@MrEdutrujillo7]

This video did not give much information about Sephardic family names.

[@warrioroforthodoxy1729]

Is Vogelman and Steinmann Ashkenazi Jewish surnames

[@donnal.c.8073]

Steinmann I think so but not so much for Vogelman...

[@warrioroforthodoxy1729]

@@donnal.c.8073 It was a surname of my x7 grandfather but I looked up his surname in ancestory and it said it was a AshkenaziJewish surname does that make me Ashkenazi Jewish

[@donnal.c.8073]

@@warrioroforthodoxy1729 yes it could be German Jewish

[@Rus-bw2oq]

These are German surnames that have nothing to do with Judaism

[@warrioroforthodoxy1729]

@@Rus-bw2oq well I looked the meaning of them up on ancestory and it said they were Jewish surnames

[@FarmanKhan-wc9ie]

What about shulman? We afghan peaple have a tribe of shulman as well. We afghan consider ourselves as bani israel as our forefathers have been telling us.

[@hungjury7482]

Shul is Synagogue so probably someone associated with a Synagogue's or religious schools' operation. However it's Yiddish so it may not have the same origin for Afghans of that tribe, it could be Solomon (someone named that or the biblical figure). Hope this helps!

[@miamianz]

my grandmothers maiden last name is Bartolomeu or Bartholomew in english per our dna we have about 5% jewish ancestry but thats where im left at. as we have no other records being that they are Cuban and didnt keep records and most people that left spain.

[@hungjury7482]

Possible that the name is of Jewish origin in your case but it's not a definite yes or no

[@myriamercolino3361]

However I gotta a second name, and my second name is Ester

[@juliebirt7046]

What does the surname Bar or in German Baer mean? This was my Grandmothers family name.

[@Rosenheim1029]

Is it possibly spelt Bär in German? It means Bear in English

[@lilydiallo594]

True, it means bear in German

[@hungjury7482]

Means Bear, especially common among hunters or people with a bear sign outside their house (this was how addresses used to work, a shield or crest with an animal on it)

[@cindysmale9290]

Bar means "son of." Cindy.

[@joannesanderford1217]

Several of my ancestors can be traced to the name Macabee as shown in the bible. I am hoping it is of Jewish origin, also the name Scayanif appears in one of the marriages--is this name of Jewish ancestry?

[@abiyahabiyelbetsalel2869]

If it goes back to the Maccabees, you are part of Israel,

[@hungjury7482]

Makkabi could be adopted or someone associated with hammers (just like the name Makkabi is in the Bible, the surname is that because the associated character goes to battle with a war sledge). Couldn't find a source for Scayanif though

[@morganophelia5963]

What about Heinz ?? Its my mom's maiden name .. I know it the German form of Heinz ... Some Heinz are Hines ... But we are Heinz

[@morganophelia5963]

@Robert James Fischer it's okay thanks

[@hungjury7482]

Heinz was a pretty common name (also among Jews) so it could be

[@morganophelia5963]

@@hungjury7482 ok interesting thank you.

[@c.f.okonta8815]

Heinz is German. You’re most likely German and not Jewish

[@morganophelia5963]

@@c.f.okonta8815 i already know that im German -Irish to be exact i never said i was Jewish the dude named hung jury said it was common surname among Jewish people too ..i never said that

[@wyntresorrow403]

People have told me for years my last name was Jewish. Its Baker. I am Jewish but I think my ancestors changed the spelling. Also my grandmother was named Knapp. Also was Jewish even though some say it isnt a Jewish name

[@hungjury7482]

Baker is a pretty common Jewish names for Italian Sephardic Jews who moved to England and then translated their Italian surnames or began working as bakers.

[@wyntresorrow403]

@@hungjury7482 as far as I know, I'm told I'm ashkenazi. But your probably right

[@ashley8597]

I would love help we have an Abraham, John , Issac , Jacob and so on. My great grandfather Issac Jacob Hunsaker. My family is full of secrets .

[@elrico1364]

is 'Kontratovics' a jewish surname? from Hungary-Ukraine region... old Ungvar specifically.

[@DogDogGodFog]

Nope, Slavic.

[@elrico1364]

@@DogDogGodFog as on Slovakia? Or Czechoslovak ? Thnxs.

[@DogDogGodFog]

@@elrico1364 No, just generally Slavic. Nothing specific.

[@Lagolop]

@@DogDogGodFog And also very Jewish. I actually have relatives by that exact name. They are ultra orthodox Jews. I don't think you know very much about Jewish names ...

[@DogDogGodFog]

@@Lagolop I don't indeed, I was just trying to find out whether 'Sarad' is a Jewish surname.

[@garybarney5383]

What a.bout the Khazars?

[@danelpermut2063]

Here Permut

[@cristiangerardinobilityhou5410]

My YDNA is RM269 (PF6517) Turkic Celtic Jewish Sephardic connected with Ashkanazi markers. Girardi Von Castell family group most likely connected to King Joseph of Khazaria. Italian-Austrian-German Nobility.

[@NoahBodze]

So with the Jew and Turk combination, you were both sides of European slave trader and castration of Slavic people. You should be so proud to be from such savagery!

[@catsmeow7839]

@@NoahBodze actually Jews are Turkic/Mongolian hybrids

[@tagbarzeev3571]

@@catsmeow7839 Doron Behar and other RELIABLE geneticists have proven the khazar theory to be false.

[@catsmeow7839]

@@tagbarzeev3571 Lol

[@tagbarzeev3571]

@@catsmeow7839 LOL is a answer used by people who don't have a interesting or intelligent rebuttal. Yiddish is not a Turkic language nor is it a secret language used by merchants of the SilkRoad.Yiddish is Middle high German with loan words from Hebrew Aramaic and Slavic. There are different groups of jews here is a short list Ashkenazi, sephardic, mizrahi, yemenite, Georgian, mountain, kaifeng.Now which group is turkic and can you cite any reliable historical, Genetics or linguistic resources. A cat is said to have nine lives you just lost eight.

[@johnmermigas]

My moms side are originally from Kiev ukraine. Last name Solkoff. Then changed again when came to England then America.

[@amulrajput9780]

Hi

[@christopherw...7970]

My last name ties to Erupeon origins and my father Joseph was Mexican South American ... I might possibly get a bad rap due to my last name wagner associated with the Russian special military the wagner mercenaries ... lol ... im pro Light ... and on top of that I might get a bad rap from an famous classical musician named Vagner who I guess the jews either hated or didn't about his music and ties to Natzism ... I I consider myself a ancient hebraic (hebrew) soul so I love all who love God ... YHWH ... ישוע and YHVH יהוה ... Yahweh and Yahveh 💙 ...

[@fum00A]

An interesting monologue but could use some interesting visuals.

[@belladonna131]

Interesting. I don't think I'm Jewish, but stranger things have happened. 😂❤

[@daviddennis1984]

Prideful indeed

[@erinfischer8040]

No j in Hebrew alphebet....

[@jkroemer2685]

My family last name is Gerson

[@cynthiagabrielalivingstone4104]

HOW CAN I GET CHECKED IN MY BLOOD? MY FAMILY IS FROM SPAIN I FEEL IN MY HEART I HAVE JEWISH BLOOD, HOW CAN I GET TESTED AND WHERE? SOMEONE PLEASE GUIDE ME!

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

DNA test

[@daniellurman9093]

Why would it matter if your ‘Jewish-ness’ is passed down from your mother according to religious Jews?

[@tastx3142]

The child being delivered is definitely related to the mom giving birth, at least back then, but the father could be named but wasn’t provable. So the child born to a Jewish mother had children who were Jewish as well.

[@brycekifer8481]

It says I have a Jewish last name

[@candice7594]

Hartog / Hartoch

[@TANTHEMANFILMS]

my last name is Ashkenazic

[@shannonhondo260]

So is mine. Hart is my surname. Aaron Hart is labeled the Father of North American Jewry

[@I_Wish_I_Was_Home]

(I don't think I have Jewish ethnicity) Safir is sapphire, yes? well could it be an ornamental surname that a Jewish jeweller assumed? could this be one origin of Sapphire surname like how Diamond has jeweller origin?

[@josebulang7981]

My mother surname is Calsis who she said his father, my grandfather sometimes wrote as Chalcis. When younger i was present when my grandfather on mother side and his older sister is arguing. I heard my grandfather older sister said "you are really stubborn Ricardo you are really descendant of Aristobulus." One time i heard my grandfather older sister said "we are Portugueze, no no no we are Spanish." It makes me wonder now if my mother has Iudean bloodline.

[@adorabledeplorable6306]

There are only TWO ways you are a Jew, according to HALACHAH (Jewish Law): 1. Your mother is/was a Jew, her mother was a Jew, etc., going back to Sinai . Even if your father is/was a Jew, if your MOTHER isn't/wasn't, you are NOT a Jew. 2. You underwent a conversion to Judaism according to Torah/Halacha. That means that if you converted Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, "self-identify," or anything other than a Torah conversion, your conversion was not valid. But if you had a valid, Halachic conversion, you are considered as much a Jew as any Jew-by-birth. Also if you are a valid Jew, even if you "convert" to another religion, or proclaim yourself an atheist or yogi or Hindu or Buddhist or Jihadist Islamist or Christian or Wiccan or Satanist, or whatever, you are still a JEW AND HAVE A Jewish soul. And you will be judged accordingly in the Next World. You may have a DNA test that shows you have "Jewish blood," but unless the DNA came from your MOTHER's side, and she is/was a Jew, you're not a Jew.

[@jessie60tcboys97]

Soria family origin in serphadic Jew

[@George-rb6bv]

This video clip is so uninformative, as there is so much info. that is left out and that is not entirely correct. Hardly anything of substance was said about the Sephardic Jews of Portugal. When they were expelled from Spain in 1492, approx. 120,000 crossed over into Portugal and joined an estimated 30,000 Jews that had already been living in Portugal since the 2nd destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 70 a.d. The Portuguese Jews had to adopt surnames in 1497. The surnames were largely of patronymic, occupational, and geographic origin. But they also adopted many surnames derived from nature as in names of: trees, fruit, vegetables, plants, animals, rivers, mountains, i.e., pereira (pear tree), Oliveira (olive tree), Pimentel (pepper field also growers/seller of pepper), cordeiro (sheep), Moreira (berry bush), Ribeiro (small river), monte (mountain), Carvalho (oak tree), Cardozo (thorny bush) etc., etc. Many of these kinds of surnames already belonged to the Sephardic Jews before the forced surname adoption decree, but of original spellings. For example, many Jews already had the name of Soaretz before the forced adoptions, but modified it to Soares. There were Jewish surnames like Ben Cadosh which later morphed into Cardoso. Another good example is 'Amoarim' which later became 'Amorim' which means teacher in Hebrew. There is also 'Mennaseh' which became 'Menezes'. And it goes on and on like this for hundreds of Portuguese surnames which were actually Jewish in origin before the surname adoptions in 1497. For example, my surname is Pimentel. How could Pimentel have been adopted there is evidence that some Jews were already in possession of this surname 200 years before the forced surname adoptions in 1497? It doesn't add up. And there are hundreds of other surname examples like this. Another good example is the Oliveira surname. The Old Testament mentions the tribe of Asher that had an olive tree on their ancient 'emblem' , the same olive tree that is on the modern day Oliveira coatt of arms. If this is not compelling enough, nothing ever will be. In ancient Israel there was a place called 'Perea', and so from that we got 'Pereira' - for Jews with this surname it was a reminder of their ancient homeland. I have been researching Sephardic surnames for over 15 years. People say that evidence is not there, but in fact it is if you dig deeply enough and put the pieces of the puzzle together. It's very hard work, but it can be done. AdeusShalom

[@ThelmaThais1]

very interesting. my surnames are Romero Palma, plants and tree

[@annecohen8927]

There are Jews with the surname of Lopez. Ashkenazi surname of Wolf. I don't know about Stolz, but to me, it's a hungarian-austrian surname. And it means, 'Proud'. And what about Gal, or Graff, or Zimmerman. My mom's last name was Wolter, but i don't know her original surname. How about Helman, Holtzman, or whatever..... and is Probst, German?

[@coolboy5428]

Spain should expel them again or better yet pew pew

[@judihart9658]

Kelly?lol😂🤭🤪😎

[@paprikaman1124]

My surname is czarny U pronounce it as charny

[@cherielilly2582]

My name is weigman

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

HI Correction! The 10 NORTHERN tribes [ Northern Kingdom of Israel ] were dispersed a few hundred years after the death of king Solomon. The SOUTHERN kingdom of Judah had TWO separate diasporas. the first one was the Babylonian exile of 70 years, [ Well after the Northern kingdom's dispersal ] and the FINAL one came 40 years after the death and resurrection of the Messiah Jesus/ Yeshua, in 70 AD. Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.

[@coolboy5428]

Christ hated you, you are the opposite on him.

[@cindysmale9290]

Thank you for the history of Israel's and Judah's diaspora or dispersion. You clarified some things for me. My grandmother's maiden name was Jacobinski. I am wondering if I have Jewish ancestry. My grandmother was Catholic here in the USA, after arriving from Poland at about the turn of the 20th century. Jacob means Israel, so I am wondering if Jacobinski is a Jewish surname. I am a Christian believer in Jesus Christ. I love the LORD. Waiting for His return, "Come Lord Jesus, come!" Cindy

[@8xXcoolbeansXx8]

@@cindysmale9290 Jacobinski is a Jewish surname. It’s derived from the Jewish name Jacob or Yaakov, after the Jewish patriarch.

[@myriamercolino3361]

Maybe my surname is Jewish?

[@cherielilly2582]

Ashkenazi

[@luciliocorreia273]

The askanazis jewish have no conection with the Holly land at All If you have a question read the book Entitle the terthin tribe by arthur koestler

[@edstar83]

Castro is not jewish its belongs to Christian Nobility from Galicia. It was adopted by Jews when they were forced to convert to Christianity. Many Filipinos also have Castro as a surnane, it doesnt make Castro a Filipino Surname. Its a Christian Spanish Surname from Galicia.

[@daniamanreza9237]

🌬💋🤭🥰

[@natedill9180]

How did they change names to blend in if they still look Jewish? 😂

[@gabrielimmanuel4989]

😄 well not all Jewish people look Jewish 🙂

[@oddlycreatetiff8920]

What do ALL Jewish people look like to you, Nate?

[@daniyalmalikmehboob7476]

Is my name Jewish? Daniyal

[@shannonhondo260]

Sounds like an African translation of Daniel

[@Lagolop]

I have never heard that associated with Jewish people but that doesn't mean anything.

[@Lagolop]

@Remnant Girl #1 what I wrote is not negative or positive; it is factual. #2 You're an imbecile.

[@valeriewalker954]

Joseph was not Jewish. Judah and his ancestors are Jews. We are lsraelites not Jews. We are the lost tribes in Western Europe & British isles, U ,S. , Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa.

[@hermannboyen5392]

Stfu. Anglo Saxons were Germanic while ancient jews and modern jews are Semitic. It's shame to appropriate other cultures

[@natedill9180]

Wow

[@catsmeow7839]

So TRUE

[@luciliocorreia273]

How can you say you are jewish and not belive on the existense of the allmigth creator. absurd

[@koosbos1114]

The 10 Tribes are not Jewish since they do not decent from Judha .

[@Lagolop]

Yes, ALL the Jewish people are from Judea.

[@ereneschwartz3332]

. The twelve tribes were the twelve sons of Jacob who became the 12 tribes. They are not descended from Judah but Jacob! You read this in Genesis.

[@Lagolop]

@@ereneschwartz3332 If you are responding to my comment, there may be confusion all around. The idiot KOOS that implied those descended from Judah (he can't even spell in but considers himself an expert) are Jews. My respond is that we are all from the land of Judea and all the same people and all JEWS. Doesn't matter what "tribe" we came from. But you know Jew haters and Israel denier have a fetish about us.

[@ereneschwartz3332]

Lagolop hi. Shalom...I was agreeing with you but actually correcting him so thanks for your reply. I should have written straight back to him. And I agree with you...the hate people have for Israel is shocking....however, how they judge the Jews is on the same way they will be judged one day. Keep well

[@Lagolop]

@@ereneschwartz3332 Blaybn gezunt.

[@NoahBodze]

Gold. They all mean “gold.”

[@-xl7ep1se3i]

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