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Genetic Research: Almost a Quarter of Latinos, Hispanics Have Jewish DNA
(Jerusalem Post) Ashley Perry - We know that Jews who had been forcibly converted in Spain and Portugal fled the Iberian Peninsula to the New World beginning late in the 15th century. A study, published in Nature Communications in December 2018, revealed that almost a quarter of Latinos and Hispanics have significant Jewish DNA. There could be as many as 200 million descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews around the world today. When these descendants become familiar with their Jewish ancestry, they become far more sympathetic toward Jewish causes and Israel. The writer is president of Reconectar, an organization facilitating the reconnection of the descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities with the Jewish world.