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Re: Arevalo? Herrador? - Sephardic
Posted by: Jaime Cader (ID *****2551) Date: August 13, 2007 at 03:30:24
In Reply to: Re: Arevalo? Herrador? - Sephardic by Martin Nieves of 638

Many of the so-called Sephardic surnames are also Morisco surnames. The Moriscos are the Muslims that had to convert to Christianity. They too were eventually expelled from Spain. The only way to really know if one has a Spanish-Jewish or Muslim ancestor is to find documentation proving that one's ancestor belonged to one of those communities (it helps if there is a tradition in one's family stating this and that customs have been passed down from generation to generation). For a list of Morisco surnames, see the book "La Onomastica de los Moriscos Valencianos" by Ana Labarta, published by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas in Madrid Spain. Among my ancestors I have the surname Pomar which is a Sephardic surname. However the Jewish Pomars are found in the Balearic Islands of Spain and my ancestors are from northern Spain. On the other hand, family tradition says that my ancestor having the Evora surname was Jewish.
Muchos de los apellidos que muchos piensan que son sefarditas, en realidad tambien son apellidos moriscos. Los moriscos fueron los musulmanes que tuvieron que convertirse al cristianismo y que eventualmente tambien fueron expulsados de Espaņa. La unica manera de saber si uno tiene un antepasado judio-espaņol o musulman es si uno encuentra documentacion comprobando esto (ayuda si hay una tradicion en la familia diciendo esto y si han habido costumbres que se han pasado de generacion a generacion). Para ver una lista de los apellidos que usaban los moriscos, vean el libro "La Onomastica de los Moriscos Valencianos" por Ana Labarta, publicado por el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas en Madrid, Espaņa. Entre mis antepasados tengo un apellido sefardita que es Pomar. Pero los Pomar judios son de las Islas Baleares de Espaņa y mis antepasados son del norte de Espaņa. Por el otro lado, entre mis parientes se dice que mi antepasado de apellido Evora era judio.


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