Friday, February 22, 2019

technology - Can DNA be used as evidence to prove that someone is Jewish?




Apparently, there were a number of child Holocaust survivors who were separated from their parents and never found them. They were adopted and raised by Non-Jewish families.


As they became adults, traces of their history emerge as people tell them that they are actually Jewish. But, as they had been raised as non-Jews and not being circumcised, they have no definitive proof that they are. There are no relatives and no historical records identifying them or their families.


Halachically, can someone use the results of a DNA test to prove Jewish identity? If this has been done, how reliable are such results?




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