I figured invoking his name would get your attention, Roger. ;-)
Although I am not a Jew, I have long suspected that my patrilineal lineage extends straight back through Israel, because I carry his name as my surname.
I think it's time to consider participating in the National Geographic Genographic Project to get proof. I'm gonna own it, if it's true. (Plus it has the added benefit that would also really annoy my biological father, who became quite agitated at me some years back when I first posited that we German Catholics were Crypto-Judaic.)
> Strange, IE makes the last vowel point a separate letter (which it isn't).
Well, it is going from Mac to PC, which might be part of the problem. How does it look in the article title, or here? יַעֲקֹב
Plus, I just cut and pasted the Hebrew from Wikipedia, so who knows what inaccuracies were introduced from there?
Well, it is going from Mac to PC, which might be part of the problem
Doubtful; I just think it's Internet Explorer being stupid, as it looks fine on Firefox.
You may very well have Jewish lineage; I can tell you that the surname is very likely Sephardic in nature, implying roots from Spain, northern Africa, or the Middle East, where last names involving Biblical characters is fairly common. My grandfather had his roots in Iran (then Persia), and carried with him the last name Eliyahu (shortened to Elia once his family came from Russia).
I suspect the Middle East, because of proximity, but I could always be surprised.
My father's people fled Hesse and Bavaria in the 1770s to avoid conscription, and settled on the Volga for 100 years. My mother is a Marian (literally, her grandmother's name was Mary Mary) through France from antiquity (Da Vinci Code, anyone?).
I get the sense that my people have always been on the run.
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I figured invoking his name would get your attention, Roger. ;-)
Although I am not a Jew, I have long suspected that my patrilineal lineage extends straight back through Israel, because I carry his name as my surname.
I think it's time to consider participating in the National Geographic Genographic Project to get proof. I'm gonna own it, if it's true. (Plus it has the added benefit that would also really annoy my biological father, who became quite agitated at me some years back when I first posited that we German Catholics were Crypto-Judaic.)
> Strange, IE makes the last vowel point a separate letter (which it isn't).
Well, it is going from Mac to PC, which might be part of the problem. How does it look in the article title, or here? יַעֲקֹב
Plus, I just cut and pasted the Hebrew from Wikipedia, so who knows what inaccuracies were introduced from there?
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Doubtful; I just think it's Internet Explorer being stupid, as it looks fine on Firefox.
You may very well have Jewish lineage; I can tell you that the surname is very likely Sephardic in nature, implying roots from Spain, northern Africa, or the Middle East, where last names involving Biblical characters is fairly common. My grandfather had his roots in Iran (then Persia), and carried with him the last name Eliyahu (shortened to Elia once his family came from Russia).
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My father's people fled Hesse and Bavaria in the 1770s to avoid conscription, and settled on the Volga for 100 years. My mother is a Marian (literally, her grandmother's name was Mary Mary) through France from antiquity (Da Vinci Code, anyone?).
I get the sense that my people have always been on the run.