Portuguese Crypto-Jews Return to Judaism!

mascote1253 Says:

Jan 21, 2008 - Maravilho e impressionante.........e o que posso dizer!! Sempre curioso acerca dos Judeus Portugueses ""marranos"" pena e que a comunidade do Porto e ainda pequena Ben haja G.d bless you

bhatindawalla Says:

Feb 29, 2008 - God bless Shavei Israel.God bless Yisrael.

knowitx Says:

Mar 14, 2008 - There HUNDREDS of MILLIONS more Crypto Jews who no now nothing about their being Jewish, in Suuthern, Central and South America.Am Yisroel Chai!

kiril1 Says:

Mar 28, 2008 - And for them to come to their homeland,we should make our Israel become the great TSION!,from sea to sea!From Nilus to Ephrates.Thus we have much more place for our lost brothers.What do you say about my idea?))Original,isn't it?))

odcoolshark75 Says:

May 6, 2008 - I encourage all hispanics to get a ancestral DNA test to see if you have Jewish blood in your veins. Many crypto Jews married Native American women (Indians)in the moutains of Mexico during the 1600s-1700s. This means that many Mexicans may have Jewish blood.

hannahr77 Says:

May 17, 2008 - odyes there are a lot of cryto Jews around the world but rest assure GOD knows where they are and will bring them back, in Spain, Italy, Germany ect.ect Am Yisroel chai

Alex1line Says:

May 28, 2008 - bravo eo tanbem so portugues maranno returnei o judaismo tambem

yerushalayim Says:

Jul 2, 2008 - May all the remnants of Israel return!!!!

guatay Says:

Jul 31, 2008 - My wife & I r Mex-Americans. I began personal genealogy studies 4 both of us per a deep yearning I felt. Results: We both have documented Jewish ancestors. Additionally, my YDNA is Semetic, & my wife's direct ancestor is Luis Carbajal, El Mozo, the Judiazer burned at the stake in Mexico City by the Inquisition. Also, my grandmother practiced Jewish customs. When asked why, she didn't know except that it was tradition. However, we also descend from Spanish, Portugese, & Italian ancestors as well.

guatay Says:

Jul 31, 2008 - Before my genealogy study, I always felt a very strong connection to Jews and everything Jewish. As a young man, I shared this feeling with mother who I thought would say I was silly as our identity was MX-American (interestingly, my family was often mistaken for Italian). To my surprise, she told me that she too had always had the same feeling. In my study, I have learned that many hispanics from South Texas, Northern Mexico and New Mexico descend from Jewish ancestors. This makes me so happy!

odcoolshark75 Says:

Aug 2, 2008 - That is so cool!

sidtapia09 Says:

Aug 14, 2008 - I feel the same as you describe. I have look in a website of apellidos sefarditas and I have found my lastnames and the lasnames of my parents. I just wish I could find out for sure. May be you could help me.

sidtapia09 Says:

Aug 14, 2008 - I looked in a website of sephardic lastnames and I found my lastnames and the lastnames of my parents. do you know where I can get a DNA test (for less than $130.00 US dlls.?)

guatay Says:

Aug 14, 2008 - sidtapia, I have done extensive genealogy research in which I found Jewish ancestors such as Abraham Ha-Levi & Menem Ha-Lavi (de la Caballeria). Also, my YDNA is semetic according to FTDNA. Have you had your YDNA or mtDNA tested? Say for example your immediate dna isn't semetic, Jewish ancestry may still be present in your other lines through intermarriage that occured from the 1500's to present-day Northern Mexico/American Southwest. A genealogy study may help. Hope this helps, best wishes.

ixeatxbabiesxlol Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - Lots of people in my family have Jewish Sephardic surnames. I guess I should make a deeper research about my ancestors since I have this weird feeling towards Jews and Judaism, I don't know, I have consdered conversion SEVERAL times, but seeing as I am very spiritually confused I alwasys change my mind about evrything, but yeah something always leads me towards Judaism, never ever considered other religions actually, I always go from considering Judaism to then an agnotic state...wadya think?

guatay Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - sid, look on the Family Tree DNA site online.

abuzinnar Says:

Aug 31, 2008 - בעזרת ה׳ העלייה שלהם לא תהיה קשה לא יתנגדו לה כי הם מאירופה ולא מהודו ועד כוש. :)

rpalma72 Says:

Oct 7, 2008 - pobre diabo !!

mexicansemite Says:

Oct 13, 2008 - yeah, go to FamilyTreeDNAdotcom