Are you of Davidic descent?

[Buck]

List of surnames believed to be part of Davidic lineage:

Surnames Believed to Be of Davidic Descent - Davidic Dynasty is dedicated to uniting the Jewish descendants of King David

 

[da man]

Damn it! Missed it by THAT much!

 

[MTM]

My mother's maiden name is on there, so I guess I'm now royalty.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

My last name is included in a few of the last names on there.

 

[Songbird]

Part of my mom's maiden name is on there. I've also been told I'm related to Yitzhak Rabin. Well, was.

 

[da man]

Part of my mom's maiden name is on there. I've also been told I'm related to Yitzhak Rabin. Well, was.

Yeah, part of my last name is on there, too. Does the extra add-on disqualify me?

 

[Spartan Squad]

Ich bin ein Berliner



(not really, just wanted to say that)

 

[The Big Ragu]

Here is a list of "spot the jew" last names. I know it says it is a partial list, but how did the manage to leave off Goldstein?

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Here is a list of "spot the jew" last names. I know it says it is a partial list, but how did the manage to leave off Goldstein?

Goldstein is German in origin, not Davidic.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Goldstein is German in origin, not Davidic.

Goldman is "davidic" according to that list, "Rubenstein and Bernstein" are "davidic" according to that list," but you are telling me that Goldstein is not? I'll take your word for it. I never even heard the word davidic until today.

German or not, you'd be hard pressed to too many Goldsteins who aren't Jewish, at least ancestrywise.

 

[Buck]

I honestly never thought this would be an adversarial topic.
I found an old story - Are you a descendant of the House of David? - and thought it was interesting.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Goldman is "davidic" according to that list, "Rubenstein and Bernstein" are "davidic" according to that list," but you are telling me that Goldstein is not? I'll take your word for it. I never even heard the word davidic until today.

German or not, you'd be hard pressed to too many Goldsteins who aren't Jewish, at least ancestrywise.

All I did was google the surname. Maybe the other -steins are the same. I'm not Jewish but I suppose there are surnames that are associated with the tribe that aren't directly derived from the House of David. Maybe Goldstein does belong. *shrug*

 

[Songbird]

Abner Goldstein was a Jew. Not so much a top baller.

 

[Batman]

Any of these guys make the cut?

 

[MisterCreosote]

Good to see this guy on the list:

 

[heyabbott]

I am the son of Jewish parents who were children of Jewish parents who themselves were children of Jewish parents who were children of Jewish parents. As a fifth generation Jew in this country all of whose direct ancestors were Jewish and who came from Germany, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia and Russia I can say with certainty that aside from the occasional individual convert to Judaism, generally, you are originally from the Jewish exile from Israel, and Judea of around 70-135 AD. SOme went north, some went west and a few went east.

There are no mass conversions to Judaism in the last 2000 years. No medievial or earlier families and areas in Europe or Eurasia converted to Judaism. Humans maybe masochists at heart, and a few may chose to be Jewish, but the world has not revolved for the last 5000 years for people trying to be members of the tribe

 

[justgladtobehere]

Wasn't it part of the religion for much of that time that one could not convert to Judaism?

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Wasn't it part of the religion for much of that time that one could not convert to Judaism?

No. One narrow branch doesn't do conversion, but for the most part there's no recruiting, but conversions (often after a lengthy process) are accepted.

 

[da man]

No. One narrow branch doesn't do conversion, but for the most part there's no recruiting, but conversions (often after a lengthy process) are accepted.

It isn't encouraged, and in fact, my understanding is the process is difficult by design. My sister-in-law converted, and so did the father of one of the kids my son was in Scouts with, but I never really talked to them about what they had to do in order to do so.

 

[justgladtobehere]

No. One narrow branch doesn't do conversion, but for the most part there's no recruiting, but conversions (often after a lengthy process) are accepted.

I always assumed that one narrow branch was the norm until Reform Judaism started.