Exceptional Ashkenazic Surnames of Sephardic Origin (original) (raw)

Conclusion about marginal role Sephardic Jews played in the development of the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe should not be oversimplified to consider that no Sephardim ever joined Ashkenazi communities. The article address five surnames used in Ashkenazic families: (1) two from Eastern Europe others than those discussed in previous publications, for which the odds are high that they indeed reveal the Sephardic origin of the family progenitors; (3) three from Prague whose usual consideration as Sephardic is firmly confirmed for one, is wrong for another, and appears to be rather questionable for the third one.