Comments on: Part III Sephardic Jews and the LDS Connection: The Ottoman Empire

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:55:37 +0000

I find this blog very interesting and informative. My g-grandfather/g-grandmother immigrated to Calif. in the late 1800. My family is from the Azores. I have recently became interested in possible Sephardic line in my family. I have done some research and possibly will have a DNA test done. My problem is that my line travels through my fathers mother. I am finding it difficult to find a distant cousin that would be a direct chain through to my g-grandfather Avila/Avala. I do believe that some of the family names in my tree are of Sephardic origin. Some of the names are Rosa,Silva,Silveiria,Teixeira,De Encaracao, Azevedo and Vargas. All of my family through that line are from Sao Jorge Azores. The whole DNA “thing” seems very confusing to me.
Thank you for the information you have provided.

By: model organisms » Pizmonim

model organisms » Pizmonim — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:00:56 +0000

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By: JA Benson

JA Benson — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:32:11 +0000

Thanks Jill and Marylee for stopping by.

To read the rest of the series:

Our pioneer names and DNA. THe rest of the posts explain how this happened
part 1- http://www.millennialstar.org/rising-out-of-obscurity-sephardic-jews-and-the-lds-connection/

What happened in Spain
part 2- http://www.millennialstar.org/part-ii-sephardic-jews-and-the-lds-connection-a-history-of-the-sephardim-in-spain/

Some went to Turkey
part 3- http://www.millennialstar.org/ew/

Some went to Western Europe
part 4- http://www.millennialstar.org/part-iv-lds-and-the-sephardic-connection-western-europe/

Sephardic Influences
part 5- http://www.millennialstar.org/part-v-lds-and-the-sephardic-connection-seeding-the-protestant-reformation/

England and Spain were at war. The Western Europe Converso and Crypto Jews fled even farther west in fear of Spain
part 6- http://www.millennialstar.org/part-vi-lds-and-the-sephardic-connection-braving-the-new-world-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke/
part 7- http://www.millennialstar.org/part-vii-sephardic-jews-and-the-lds-connection-the-first-thanksgiving-or-sukkoth-in-america/

Some Sephardic Jews were part of the tri-isolate communities in America
part 8- http://www.millennialstar.org/part-viii-sephardic-jews-and-the-lds-connection-what-the-heck-is-a-melungeon/

Sephardic descendants preferred to be out on the wilderness
part 9- http://www.millennialstar.org/part-ix-sephardic-jews-and-the-lds-connection-the-great-melungeon-migration/

Sephardim altered or adapted their surnames, but often kept a few Sephardic given names
part 10- http://www.millennialstar.org/part-x-sephardic-jews-and-the-lds-connection-sephardic-names-and-what-to-look-for/

Sephardic Jews had unique illnesses:
http://www.millennialstar.org/family-history-can-save-your-life/

Evidence of Orson Hyde’s Jewish ancestry using the Hirschman model
http://www.millennialstar.org/sephardic-jews-and-the-lds-connection-utah-history-encyclopedia-is-wrong-joseph-smith-was-right-orson-hyde-is-of-jewish-ancestry/

We are all gathered
http://www.millennialstar.org/sephardic-jews-and-the-lds-connection-the-gathering/

By: Jill Johnson

Jill Johnson — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:23:11 +0000

This was very informative and well written about the jews. I learned much about a topic I knew nothing about. Thanks Joanna.
Keep writing!
Love your post
Jill Johnson

By: Marylee Mitcham

Marylee Mitcham — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:36:27 +0000

Dear Joanna, reading part III of your Sephardi blog was interesting, to say the least. I am so fascinated with this subject, and impressed by your ability to condense information. I learned a lot. Your exchanges with your commentators put a big smile on my face this Sunday morning! Please keep it up. Love, Marylee

By: JA Benson

JA Benson — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:52:21 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to comment Ben.

Brian, an afternoon at the beach is called “out of town”. Our Bishop calls “out of town” if you cross over into the next county.

By: Ben Pratt

Ben Pratt — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:00:18 +0000

This series is really great, Joanna. Thanks!

By: Brian Duffin

Brian Duffin — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:34:50 +0000

And what brand of Mormon would be at the beach on a Sunday afternoon? I didn’t see any other Mormons at the beach when I was there.

By: JA Benson

JA Benson — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:51:17 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Brian and taking the time to read.
David H- I thought abut your friend’s joke. It is a good one and in a funny way tells the differences. Observant Ashkenazi Jews are very pious, much more so than the Sephardic. Sephardic Jews blend in with the population whether they be Christian or Muslim. So if their Christian neighbors are going to church in the morning, and at the beach in the afternoon, the Sephardim would be at beach too. Thanks for stopping by.

By: DavidH

DavidH — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:39:46 +0000

Thanks for this.

My knowledge of the distinction between Ashkenazi and Sephardic is very limited.

A friend who is an observant Ashkenazi Jew in Israel told me that there are two kinds of Ashkenazi Jews there–observant and secular. On the Sabbath, observant Jews stay home and attend services, and the secular Jews go to the beach instead. Sephardic Jews, on the other hand, go to services in the morning of the Sabbath and to the beach in the afternoon. He said this with a smile on his face.