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By Boyce Thompson

Charting My Jewish Roots Along a Misleading Path

I got woefully lost tracing my family’s Jewish roots. I fell into a familiar trap. Like many family history researchers on the Internet, I wanted to believe that I was related to the great Moses Levy, a New York merchant who commissioned portraits for most members of his family. My fifth grandmother was a Levy, […]

Filed Under: Benjamin, de Mendes, Families, Kruttschnitt Tagged With: Doctor Eustatius, Eva Levy, Hannah de Leon, Henry M. Hyams, Johannes Kruttschnitt, Judah Benjamin of St. Eustatius, Judah P. Benjamin, Julius Krutschnitt, Miriam Levy, Peninah Benjamin, Philip Benjamin, Philip Benjamin (1779-1852), Rebecca de Mendes, Robert Douthat Meade, Samuel Hyams, Solomon De Mendes

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