Thanks, Annette, for the interesting facts you post to this list. I had always thought the name Elam was English in derivation and assumed it was Anglo-Saxon. But I noticed that Samuel Elam was referred to as "a Jew" who came from England and wondered if the ethnicity of Elams who came to America in the 1600s was Jewish. Since I have light blue eyes, extremely light skin, and (until it began to gray!) blondish red hair, it never occurred to me that I might have a Jewish ancestor. If so, I would welcome the fact because I think people with a Jewish heritage are among the most intellectual!