These Family Secrets Are Terrifying

Heritage Mess

Your family’s heritage can either be a thing of pride or something you aren’t particularly excited about. But what if you grew up thinking you were one thing, but found out that wasn’t true; like if you went your entire life identifying with one thing but it is not the way it is.

“Went all my life being told my mom’s side of the family was Arabic. Didn’t put much thought in it until I saw my grandma’s maiden name was super Jewish — ‘Toviyah.’ Did a bunch of research which confirmed my grandma’s family were probably crypto Jews. I did a DNA test to find out our ancestry and we are Ashkenazi Jew.”