Hello Debbie. I had two instances similar to your family. At least yours had a bitter sweet ending. My grandmother, Rebecca ISAACS [1879] became pregnant by a non-Jewish man, my grandfather, Edward TINGEY. Consequently she was banished by her father, Humphrey ISAACS [1851]. The 'twist' in my family is that Humphrey ISAACS himself married out, to a non-Jewish girl, Catherine HEARLEY [1842], a Catholic and they didn't get married until 1905, three years after my grandmother married. And he married in a Roman Catholic ceremony. According to my mother, and despite Humphrey's banishment, Rebecca's mother continued to love and welcome her daughter. Humphrey kept up the banishment until his death, even passing all his goods and jewellery over to the Jewish side of the family. I'd love to know the full story of this family of ISAACS. Kind regards. Barbara. Suffolk, England.

Dear Debbie, so many people researching their jewish families have found that their mother or grandmother married aout and the chldren and grandchildren were never recognised after that. Now people are beginning to seach for theirorigins. I was able to help someone to prove he was jewish going back four generations on the maternal line. His Jewish great grandmother had married a Protestant and so had his grandmother, and mother . He felt uncomfortable going to chapel but the priest told him he would grow out of it. He did. He returned to the religion of his great grandparents and is now jewish again and a happily observant one too. Louise ----- Original Message -----