Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, I thought I was of Polish/Czech Catholic ancestry, but my at-home DNA test indicates 99% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.

By Jewish law, does this mean I am "officially" Jewish? I was raised Catholic and know nothing about the religion. (But am going to research, as I'm interested in knowing my family's story).

Nope. Unless your mother is a practicing Jew, your DNA really doesn't matter for much.

I don’t think she has to be practicing for matrilineal descent?

OP when did your relatives come from Eastern Europe and where did they settle in the US? it seems unusual but assimilation in the early 20th century wasn’t that unusual. So maybe both sets of grandparents were Jewish immigrants to the US in the 20s as children and assimilated?

You are a Jew if your mother is a Jew.

That it. If your mother was born from a Jewish mother you are Jewish.

Jewish is a religion if you don’t want to practice you don’t have to. But when the world implodes ie your mother was Jewish the world considers you a Jew. The Holocaust happened it is going to happen again OP would be considered a Jew again if her mother was Jewish.


I am a Jew I do not consider Chabad or Lubbies or Hadids Jews they are cults. However when they come for me they will come for them. And no this is not me disparaging those groups. Those groups are a cult because they treat women badly keep them uneducated and indoctrination is a thing. No different that evangelical Christians or Christian’s Nationalist or Opus Dei

What I would say is that biologically you're Jewish and this matters for medical issues, like Tay Sachs.

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+diseases+are+jewish+people+prone+to&client=safari&sca_esv=ad1514b347047ef8&ei=UNRyZ-qOCZLC0PEP48mLoAc&oq=what+diseases+are+jewish%C2%A0&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGndoYXQgZGlzZWFzZXMgYXJlIGpld2lzaMKgKgIIADIFEAAYgAQyBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIESNE1UABYpSJwAHgBkAEAmAF4oAHFEKoBBDIyLjO4AQHIAQD4AQGYAhmgAsARwgILEAAYgAQYkQIYigXCAg4QLhiABBixAxjRAxjHAcICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAgUQLhiABMICDhAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgoQABiABBhDGIoFwgIOEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEYigXCAgQQABgDwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYigXCAggQABiABBjJA8ICCBAAGIAEGJIDmAMAkgcEMjEuNKAH0JkB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Anonymous wrote:"practicing" parents has zero relationship to whether they child can be called Jewish.

+1. It's the blood.

Welcome to the tribe! You are as Jewish as you want to be, as far as reform Jews are concerned.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did you report posts on the other thread that told you that is possible, and then the one saying nobody is 99% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.
I mean sure, you could be, if they immigrated recently a everyone married only Ashkenazi Jews, but since you just found this out, what are the chances of that?
Your mom and dad are both unaware and both married the same DNA people?
And so did your grandparents? So, completely unaware of their background and yet here you are?
Logically, this is not possible.

Well I think it’s possible because assimilation and hiding a Jewish background was more common than you’d think in the 1900s. But probably there’d be some family stories about it.

It's possible. But the odds that both of OP's parents were from families that hid their very Jewish heritage is small. OP, another sad possibility (if your post is real) is that you are the product of incest.

Now there's a twist!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did you report posts on the other thread that told you that is possible, and then the one saying nobody is 99% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.
I mean sure, you could be, if they immigrated recently a everyone married only Ashkenazi Jews, but since you just found this out, what are the chances of that?
Your mom and dad are both unaware and both married the same DNA people?
And so did your grandparents? So, completely unaware of their background and yet here you are?
Logically, this is not possible.

Well I think it’s possible because assimilation and hiding a Jewish background was more common than you’d think in the 1900s. But probably there’d be some family stories about it.

It's possible. But the odds that both of OP's parents were from families that hid their very Jewish heritage is small. OP, another sad possibility (if your post is real) is that you are the product of incest.

Anonymous wrote:Why did you report posts on the other thread that told you that is possible, and then the one saying nobody is 99% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.
I mean sure, you could be, if they immigrated recently a everyone married only Ashkenazi Jews, but since you just found this out, what are the chances of that?
Your mom and dad are both unaware and both married the same DNA people?
And so did your grandparents? So, completely unaware of their background and yet here you are?
Logically, this is not possible.

Well I think it’s possible because assimilation and hiding a Jewish background was more common than you’d think in the 1900s. But probably there’d be some family stories about it.

Anonymous wrote:What DNA company did you use? 99% is really high for Eastern European Jews. Most Jews I know who have done the test are surprised in the other direction and are much more mixed than they think they are. I would do another test with another company to double check. You could very easily have some Jewish background, but even people who 100% know all their ancestors emigrated straight from a shtetl, are more mixed in terms of DNA.

really? ours showed exactly the percentage of Ashkenazi that our family lore said (1 great grandparent).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, I thought I was of Polish/Czech Catholic ancestry, but my at-home DNA test indicates 99% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.

By Jewish law, does this mean I am "officially" Jewish? I was raised Catholic and know nothing about the religion. (But am going to research, as I'm interested in knowing my family's story).

Nope. Unless your mother is a practicing Jew, your DNA really doesn't matter for much.

I don’t think she has to be practicing for matrilineal descent?

OP when did your relatives come from Eastern Europe and where did they settle in the US? it seems unusual but assimilation in the early 20th century wasn’t that unusual. So maybe both sets of grandparents were Jewish immigrants to the US in the 20s as children and assimilated?

Anonymous wrote:Racists will say you are Jewish. Jews will say you are not.

That's not true. I am Jewish and think that OP can claim to be ethnically Jewish. But not culturally or religiously (unless she changes her life to become so).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What DNA company did you use? 99% is really high for Eastern European Jews. Most Jews I know who have done the test are surprised in the other direction and are much more mixed than they think they are. I would do another test with another company to double check. You could very easily have some Jewish background, but even people who 100% know all their ancestors emigrated straight from a shtetl, are more mixed in terms of DNA.

Disagree. My whole family is 99 percent Ashkenazi Jewish on 23andme.

NP. Same.

Anonymous wrote:What DNA company did you use? 99% is really high for Eastern European Jews. Most Jews I know who have done the test are surprised in the other direction and are much more mixed than they think they are. I would do another test with another company to double check. You could very easily have some Jewish background, but even people who 100% know all their ancestors emigrated straight from a shtetl, are more mixed in terms of DNA.

My dh got 99%. The 1% is Mongolian.

If your parents are still alive, you might need to have an uncomfortable conversation with them.

It would mean everyone in your tree is Jewish for generations back. What's the story of your grandparents?

Where was your family during WWII?