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by KateGladstone
Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Jewish
Topic: Anyone else here who’s surnamed Gladstone?
Replies: 0
Views: 12656

Anyone else here who’s surnamed Gladstone?

Anyone else here who’s surnamed Gladstone?

That surname (which is mine) comes up somewhere in one of Donald Yates’s books as a known crypto-Jewish surname. My family and I are Jewish, though not “crypto” (not “crypto” in modern time, anyway — so im wondering if there are any other Gladstones here.
by KateGladstone
Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Jewish
Topic: Anyone else here who’s Jewish, who always was, and isn’t Christian & never was?
Replies: 0
Views: 3717

Anyone else here who’s Jewish, who always was, and isn’t Christian & never was?

Is there anyone else here who’s Jewish, who always was, and who isn’t Christian & never was Christian?
by KateGladstone
Sat Jun 15, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Anyone else here with Jewish and Scottish DNA?
Replies: 0
Views: 16289

Anyone else here with Jewish and Scottish DNA?

Does anyone else here have both /a/ Jewish ancestry and /b/ a “family story” of remote Scottish ancestry? There’s a story, passed down through my paternal line, that an ancestor of our fled England for Scotland when the king of England kicked our the Jews — then, centuries later, a descendant of tha...
by KateGladstone
Thu Jun 13, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Jewish
Topic: Does anyone else here have a “family story” of remote Scottish ancestry?
Replies: 3
Views: 8955

Re: Does anyone else here have a “family story” of remote Scottish ancestry?

Thank you. DNA tests from DNAconsultants.com (done for me and a cousin) suggest that our family’s “Scottish story” may be correct — but also, somewhat surprisingly for us, suggest an ancestry that must also include Melungeon and Southeast Native American ancestry. We”re waiting to see what else may ...
by KateGladstone
Wed Jun 05, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: Jewish
Topic: Does anyone else here have a “family story” of remote Scottish ancestry?
Replies: 3
Views: 8955

Does anyone else here have a “family story” of remote Scottish ancestry?

Does anyone else here have a “family story” of remote Scottish ancestry? There’s a story, passed down through my paternal line, that an ancestor of our fled England for Scotland when the king of England kicked our the Jews — then, centuries later, a descendant of that line went to the Russian Empire...

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