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A:
According to Jewish law if the mother is Jewish the children are also
Jewish.
In
my opinion, it is not enough that someone comes up and tells you that your
mother was Jewish. There is a need to prove that she was Jewish.
Some
of the ways to prove that she was Jewish:
1.
If somewhere in her belongings or in a safe deposit box or the like is a
document called a Ketuba - a Jewish marriage
contract. Since she married a non Jew the Ketuba
would be her mother's marriage contract. An Orthodox Rabbi should take a
good look at such a document to see if it is authentic.
2.
If your maternal grandmother was buried in a Jewish cemetery.
3.
Without the above proofs, the going gets difficult. It means going back to
your roots several generations and trying to find the rest of the Jewish
part of the family.
I
hope I have helped.
Thank
you for asking your question. Feel
free to ask another.
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