Her mother was white, but her father was Arabian-Jewish. From the civil I never made a connection until I grew older. I have just viewed the youtube video and I can tell you that Eugenio Quinones-Levy's son, Manuel de Jesus Quinones-Sotomayor was married to Maria Victoria Velez-Santiago, who is my 1st cousin, 2x removed. Puerto Rican Jews have made many contributions in multiple fields, including business, commerce, education, and entertainment. Some later converted and 1, A Sephardim.com Namelist - JewishGen Its primary objective is to find a possible DNA signature among those with known or suspected Mallorcan/Jewish ancestry. del Estero. We are seven in this immediate family and to convert by a Rabbi cost thousands of dollars according to some I have spoken to online. (~), Sephardic names There are no pure races or religions on the face of this earth. Among the many successful businesses which they have established are Supermercados Pueblo (Pueblo Supermarkets) founded by George and Harold Toppel,[25] Almacenes Kress (clothing store), founded by Jorge Artime,[26] Doral Bank, Pitusa and Me Salve, founded by Israel Kopel. Hola me he mirado el tema, que es muy interesante, pero el planteamiento me parece catico.Hasta finales del siglo XVIII los mallorquines no emigran, significativamente, a America y para entonces la Inquisicin ya no pintaba nada.Efectivamente en Mallorca habia un grupo converso bien conocido, los xuetas que solo portan 15 apellidos distintos, el resto de descendientes de judios, que seguro que los hay, hace siglos que no tienen ni idea de ese origen, as que dificilmente se fueron a ningn lugar para huir de la persecucin, y si lo hubieran hecho habrian practicado libremente su religin oculta, no? Salom. How do you define what's jewish anyway. Sephardic World Migrations - Results | FamilyTreeDNA Only one question for the YDNA test. miki33186@yahoo.com/ irissantiago401@gmail.com. My mom dad come from Canary island. This, however, did not keep people of Jewish descent from settling in Puerto Rico. (~), Sephardic names Probe of the original document. On November 30, 2005, the Puerto Rican Jewish community established their first synagogue outside of the Metropolitan San Juan area. Maybe this couple enjoyed reading the Old Testament and was influenced by writers with such names. Hi my name is Orfa Roman. Hi I have a very big problem. [20] Puerto Rico is the only Caribbean island in which the Conservative, Reform and Orthodox Jewish movements are represented. Hi Nancy, You are also shown on my FTDNA FF, as a 3rd cousin. I love the fact that I m not the only puertorrican searching for answers, who knows this can be inspired for Jehovah himself, I love Jesus and I always going to be Christian but I also love Israel and I will love to know if my greatgrampa is a Jewish decendant. In my family there is a person with a name of Lebanese origin, does it mean we are Lebanese? The Jews of the Balkans, The Judeo-Spanish Community , 15th to 20th There are many families on the western side of the island of Puerto Rico who are well known for intermarrying and I wonder if they go back to Jewish origins. My mother used to cover mirrors when someone passed. Where can find the test? I have already been tested for the MTDNA.,and am waiting results. My grandfather was fair,blonde with blue eyes and over 6 foot.I do not understand why he took a Sephardic name, perhaps he wanted to blend in.My grandmother on my father side is a Perez. I'll get that fixed Monday. otras fuentes que indican claramente que la persona portadora del apellido es Theres also Rivera And Perez second last names in my family. Language origins Everywhere, in medieval Spain included, Jews used Hebrew names. I wish I should have paid more attention. Sephardic Surnames (www.sephardim.com) The Sephardic names listed on this site are taken form the references listed below. [3] Operation Bootstrap also attracted clothing manufacturers from New York and many of the people in the industry who came to the island were Jews. Soy Roser Pars Fuster, xueta y estoy interesada en el proyecto. Abeccassis meaning "storyteller". Another name given to the Sephardic Jews are crypto Jews because many under the guise of Christians, still practiced many Jewish customs at home amongst close family members. . I had spoken to my mom about my teens genes and she confirmed to me that her great granfather is white greek & part jewish..thats why she looks more American than Puerto Rican. It will be interesting if they do DNA studies in Utuado like it was done in the island for Taino DNA. Those that quickly fled into Portugal needed to once again uproot and leave their new country once Portugal expelled the Jews as well. Ciudad Real, to include the converso inquisition trials in the mid 15th This historians team, along with our immigration lawyers in Madrid, can help you obtain this certificate of origin, proving the sephardic offspring of your surname. Thank you so much for your work. There are many studies you can read about on FTDNA.com which delve into other aspects of Puerto Rican culture. There are many books to read and personal stories of those who have gone back in time to find their Jewish roots through genealogy and studying family customs. Isralelita de Chile, by Moshe Nes-El. Maybe it is what happened for a period in early 17th Century Amsterdam. Our last names are: From Aguas Buenas:Santiago Neriz and from Comerio: Vazquez Colon. Be prepared it in that way. Amsterdam was a major haven and In this way they proved to their christian neighbors, that they really have truly converted, because they were eating a prohibited meat in the Jewish religion, in the day celebrated as the birth of Christ. It is very difficult for me to find out much information my ancestry, and sadly my only connection to the memories of the past right now is suffering from Alzheimer. It is also the only Caribbean island in which all three major Jewish denominationsOrthodox . Dr. Quinones was the only physician in his tiny mountain hometown of Lares, Puerto Rico where my mother and father were also born. Los antepasados Ruth Reyes, "Sephardic Family Names from Puerto Rico", The Casa Shalom Journal, Volume 10, Published by The Institute for Marrano-Anusim Studies, Gan Yavneh, Israel 2008 | This list is compiled from a catalogue the author found on a visit to Puerto Rico in the Museum of San Juan. Alsoshema. SECTION Vl, Heraldry. Let us also not forget that the Moors/Arabs were also expelled from Spain, I think a lot of people forget that part of history when we talk about the year 1492. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Aaron Cecil Snyder (19071959), born in Baltimore, Maryland as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. It would be hundreds of years before an open Jewish community was established on the island. [21] According to Abe Fortas's biographer Laura Kalman, "Puerto Rico engaged Fortas. The names are in alphabetical order. Here is a list of common Sephardic Jewish last names. Family hails from Lares and Arecibo. Today, many Sephardic names bear the original form or a variation, indicating descent from a particular family. Recently my husband announced to us as a family, that it was time to leave. this is great for i have a great love for isreal and i;ve been doing a family tree and found out that we do have jewish blood and to say i am very proud of it! Thanks for your sacrifice. Two years ago I began a search for my Batista surname (from my fathersgrandfather). Sephardic Genealogy: Caribbean My dad is Maldonado and Marquez. (~), The Circumcision I believe in God, i just don't agree w/ everything they say at church, that is when i go. And my grand f. lived in San Lorenzo and Las Piedras in P.R.And my dad parents came from Cataluna and Canary via Venezuela. My family comes from Spain and have been in Puerto Rico for many, many, many, years Surname Delvalle on my Father's side. I am a blond, blue-eyed, fair-skinned woman and even I found Israel to be the most racist place on Earth. Married women never change their original family names for their husband's. register of Bethahaim Velho Cemetery, Published by the Jewish Historical So perhaps in Utuado there are people like me with Taino, Sephardic with a sprinkle of Ashkenazi. HI, IS LAST NAMES WITH MELERO AND ZAMOTT HAVE A JEWISH ANCESTRY LINE/. of these works have identified the names as being held by Sephardim. 1679-89 (40b), and births of daughters 1679-99(40c) (~), Conversos on provides thousand of Sephardic names of immigrants to Brazil. Portugal e no Brasil.. Names from the Die Sefarden in Hamburg (The Sephardim in Hamburg [Germany]) by Michael (~), List of (mostly) Re: Arroyo as a Sephardic name - Genealogy.com As many others I have found our grandparents name on Sephardic surname list done by reseachers who found names of Jews of Spain during the inquisition. By the way our last name is Torres-Alvarado, my mom is Rodriguez, and yes its has Jewish descent..I have my ancestry.com family tree project done and I was very surprised to see that my tribe is Benjamin and part Judah. names. Rabbi Spiegel played an instrumental role in the establishment of the first Jewish Synagogue in Ponce. Ive been also told that I look Jewish. Interested in knowing if my name is one of Jewish background.PITRE. My mother's side of the family is from Juncos, P.R. The reason behind is that -ez surnames mean son of which was a common naming tradition amongst Jews which can be seen with the modern use of Ben. List of Sephardic surnames with certificate of origin - Tolentino Abogados I wonder why nobody here does the same dna exercise to test for african blood. Again, thank you!! (there may be variations between c and z, v and b; occurrence of which can be converted to C or Z, etc.). The law was an attempt to attract more settlers who would be faithful to the Spanish Crown by granting the right of religious freedom to all who wished to worship a religion other than Catholicism. Around the 12th century, surnames started to become common in Iberia. and 18th-Century Jewish Community of Nevis, British West Indies, Boston Which is which for the Mallorcan-Jewish? describes in detail the adventures of Sephardim in escaping the inquisition Beside each listing is a number or series of numbers and letters enclosed in parenthesis such as (2) (6A) (9) (29). FP 2000, Adelaide, 5th Australia. Found 3 potential Majorcan Jew surnames (Sanchez, Acevedo and Chacon) in a DNA group project from Puerto Rico. Growing up, my grandmother (named Anna) would prep the meats she bought by cutting the fat off and then putting salt around the meat. Fall of Paradise, When Arabs and Jews built a Kingdom in Spain. Now this one is tough! The list provides the year of arrival and I thought it was just a fable. Puerto Rico's tight-knit Jewish community battered but united after Surfside tragedy. We are at your disposal to provide certificates of those surnames or any additional information. And would love to find out more about the Jews of Mayaguez,Puerto Rico. My answer to both Jewish and Puerto Rican people is Well, why not. attached to the stemsof many names.If your people came from Aragon, and you The All of her siblings have very indeginious features. My children and grand children have it also. Nonetheless, I did it because I wanted to know as much as I could about my ancestry. listed here. (~), Los Portugueses Judaizantes expulsados de Buenas Aires.(~). (~), From the book, Benarouch: A patronymic name meaning 'son of the head (leader)' in Hebrew. The authors have Sanchez - 128,384 Rivera - 114,777. Puerto Rico's tightknit Jewish community perseveres amid Surfside tragedy checkout sephardic.com there you will find more, there one of your ancestor Juan Delgado Pinto also known as Moses Pinto whom was a known Sephardic Jew, so yes Delgado is a known Sephardic surname.