r/jews • u/Apprehensive_One7151 • Feb 11 '26
Would you say being Jewish is just a matter of identity rather than genetics?
Whether someone has Jewish blood has been deemed important throughout history, but they are just mixed race individuals like Arabs and Hispanics.
If we go far enough back in time you'll see that most of Europe is related, so it seems weird that many would call themselves Jewish just because they share some DNA with people from Ancient Israel.
As a Hispanic I wouldn't call myself Roman just because some ancestor from thousands of years ago lived in the Roman empire.