Dave Lewak wrote:
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Can anyone think of any reason why the Jewish and non-Jewish families
might have the same origin?

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Because at one point, someone converted. A recent example: US Secretary
of State Madeline ALBRIGHT is Catholic, and only recently discovered
that her family was Jewish but found it safer to be Catholic. I can't
remember if her family was >from Austria or Germany.

Betsy BRAZY
mailto: bbrazy@...

Researching:
SIPERSTEIN of Pinsk; BRAZY of Tukums, Latvia; HURWICH of Kaunas,
Lithuania; DRAIKIN of Kherson, Ukraine.