Yep. Whether or not your church or you think you’re Jewish, according to Jewish law you are. Nothing will change it. Not adoption. Not upbringing. Not renouncing it. Nothin’!!

I had a similar thing happen. I was adopted into a Protestant home. My adoption papers said my birth mother was also Protestant. Nothing much written about my supposed father.

Went to church for parts of my formative years and in my 20s was church organist and choir director but could never call myself a Christian. It never felt right.

I always felt a pull to All Things Jewish. Was always drawn to it and had no idea why.

At 29 I met my birth mother. Six months later met her sister, who told me about more detailed family history. Mentioned that their father had been a German Jew and his family escaped Germany when things were heating up before the war.

He married a non-Jew, my grandmother. So I am not Jewish by birth but I got SO EXCITED on hearing this!! Ended up studying at an orthodox synagogue shortly after and the rabbi said that almost everyone who converts comes from a broken chain of Jews and it’s usually not very far back.

I did convert, although later my spiritual path took me elsewhere. But I loved embracing that part of my heritage.

Thanks for sharing your story. And if anyone asks if you’re Jewish, the answer will always be yes, even if you’re not observant, and even if you say no 🤗💖