I’m a Jew-in-progress and was curious if I may have some Jewish background I wasn’t aware of (as my pull to Judaism really has no reason to exist, I felt pulled to it before I even started learning about it) and it turns out the maiden name on my grandmas side of the family has roots in a Sicilian city that saw many Jews being baptized and dropping their Jewish tradition to avoid expulsion back in 1492. I have zero way of tracing my family tree back far enough to know either way, so it could very well be coincidence, but I found it interesting to learn about!
I’ll drop the link that tells about this Jewish community in the comments.
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