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Jewish last names
Can I tell if I am jewish from my last name? Can anyone tell me how to find out if it is, or just sounds like it?
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Not necessarily. Many Jewish familys have names with endings (suffixes) that are German in nature. A lot depends on the original country the Jewish descendants were living in. German being the most common surnames and Polish, even Russia. My dad said he had Jewish ancestors from one side of the family far back that lived in large jewish communities in Spain.
Heres an article that explains this in more detail with listing of name examples
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In ancient times, when there was no such thing as DNA testing to determine who the father was, The Jews came up with the rule that only children born of a mother with a Jewish bloodline would be considered Jewish. If Dad was Jewish and Mom was gentile, then the child was considered gentile, not Jewish even though in reality the child is half of what both parents are. Many Jews today still hold by that ruling even though we have DNA testing that can prove who the parents are. I know someone whose mom is Full German and Dad Full Jewish and she considered herself to be half and half, both German and Jewish.
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