patsboston t1_j9ev80x wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:29 PM

Reply to comment by Tripdoctor in George Santos — who is Catholic — insists he used to say he was 'Jew-ish' as a party joke. Now he says he's taken 4 DNA tests to prove his maternal grandparents are actually Jewish. by Grass8989

That’s not true though. If you are simply Eastern European, it will say that you are Eastern European. If you are of Ashkenazi or Sephardic descent, it says that. When Jewish people moved to those regions, they were insular.

Tripdoctor t1_j9ezykt wrote on February 21, 2023 at 1:14 PM

My main point is that being Jewish doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not white, or vice versa. As they are not mutually exclusive.

It’s one of the most heterogeneous groups there is.

mowotlarx t1_j9f4vue wrote on February 21, 2023 at 1:56 PM

>It’s one of the most heterogeneous groups there is.

It's not. And if you think that you haven't met many Jewish people. You seem to be unaware that Ashkenazi Jews are not the only ethnic Jewish people that exist on the planet. Sephardic Jews were the first Jewish people to immigrate to New York City as a matter of fact. Mizrahi is also a distinctive group. They come from different regions of the globe and have different languages, often variations of Hebrew.

mymindisgoo t1_j9fav5n wrote on February 21, 2023 at 2:42 PM

Then there's Indian jews, mountain jews, Chinese jews et al.