Are You a Converso?
If you are of Spanish or Portuguese decent, if your grandmother lit candles on Friday night, shied away from pork and kept strange ritualistic objects around the house, there's a good chance you are of Jewish ancestry. When Jews were forced to become Christian during the Inquisition, many did so "on the surface" but secretly kept up many forms of Jewish practice throughout the generations. I have several friends who, though they were from Puerto Rico and Mexico and came from seemingly Catholic... Sign in to see full entry.