u/Creative-Quote1963

I have paternal family from Spitalfields and Whitechapel, but my father insisted our heritage was only British and French Huguenots. I had a deep feeling that we had at least one Jewish ancestor. It's hard to explain, I felt compelled to look in a way I've not experienced before. I told him I was doing a DNA test/family tree and he wasn't supportive, which hurt. I did it anyway. And there they were. I don't know much about them, how they practiced or if they were secular, but they gave me a tiny 4% Ashkenazi DNA. I don't think of myself as especially sentimental, and I don't expect this to mean a lot to anyone else. No faces, but they have names. I have 2nd, 3rd, 4th cousins who have higher percentages. Somehow, my line drifted further and further away where others didn't. No replies yet from these relatives, but the feeling was reality. Feels good.