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Jewish genealogy

A genealogy testing kit for Ancestry/DNA is displayed in the Ackman and Ziff Family Genealogy Institute research area at the Center for Jewish History (CJH), November 29, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
January 31, 2023, 10:21 pm
Ancestry.com donates 2,500 DNA kits to help Holocaust survivors find relatives
World’s largest genealogy company gives tests to the newly launched DNA Reunion Project, a Center for Jewish History initiative seeking to unite families shattered by the genocide
By Yaakov Schwartz
From left to right: Genealogist Genie Milgrom, Reconnectar's Ashley Perry, and ASF Institute of Jewish Experience's Drora Arussy (Avrom Ariev)
September 27, 2022, 8:05 am
Initiatives help descendants of Crypto-Jews reconnect with stolen Sephardic heritage
Certificate of Sephardic Ancestry validates identity, while an online ancestral database of 45,000 Sephardic family names makes searching for roots easier
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Jackie Young in his London apartment (Detail from photograph by Dennis Carlyle Darling. Portrait from the soon-to-be-released 'Borrowed Time: Survivors Of Nazi Terezín Remember,' published by University of Texas Press)
August 24, 2022, 4:19 pm
UK man who survived concentration camp as baby finally learns his family’s identity
Jewish genealogist duo solves 80-year mystery, builds a family tree and locates living relatives after reading a ToI article about octogenarian Jackie Young’s search for his roots
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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