Genealogy

Genealogy

Andrew Garfield explores Jewish roots in BBC1’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are’

The Spider Man actor goes on a teary voyage to Poland and America in pursuit of information about long-lost family members

By Eliana Jordan

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Andrew Garfield appeared in the 22 April episode of BBC1's 'Who Do You Think You Are', through which he made several illuminating discoveries about his Jewish lineage. (Photo: BBC / Wall to Wall / Stephen Perry)
Through DNA tests more people are learning they have Jewish ancestry (Photo: Getty Images)

DNA tests could be sparking a rise in conversions

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Orthodox Jewish boys study the Hebrew Talmud in the Jewish area of Warsaw, 1938. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Who do you think you are? Limmud can help

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Picture taken on January 8, 2023 shows Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach Agnes Keleti posing for a picture as she prepares for her 102nd birthday in her flat in Budapest, Hungary. - Agnes Keleti, a survivor of the Holocaust, was born on January 9, 1921, immigrated to Israel in the 1950ies and returned to Hungary in 2015. During her career as a gymnast, she won 10 Olympic medals in Helsinki (1952) and in Melbourne (1956) and is considered to be the world's oldest living Olympic athlete. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

Extraordinary life of Olympic champion Agnes Keleti told at Jewish family history conference

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How I tried to track down my long lost ancestors

How I tried to track down my long lost ancestors

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