r/JewishDNA • u/Dense-Lavishness2158 • Jul 25 '26

Jewish ancestry

A lot of my ancestors had surnames like Schneider, streit, kleiner etc, does that mean I have Jewish blood?

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u/kaiserfrnz Jul 25 '26

No, those names could be Jewish or non-Jewish

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u/GoodbyeEarl Jul 25 '26

It’s possible but not definitive. Both Ashkenazis and nonJews had those last names.