Nicole Czarnecki's answer to "If my maternal grandmother was Jewish, but my maternal grandfather wasn't, am I Jewish?" on Quora

Yes. Here’s the little secret that few like to tell: the one-sixteenth rule comes right from Tanakh (Specifically, Divrei HaYamim Alef). Because Anti-Semitic and other racists perverted it, what was a protection of bloodlines for as many generations as possible—i.e., that you could be considered a given ethnicity so long as you were one-sixteenth that—became perverted into the one-drop rule.

14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his wife bore--his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead;

15 and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah--and the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

16 And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

17 And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

18 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ish-hod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. {P}

[JPS 1917, via MechonMamre.org]

Machir ben Menashe was one-sixteenth Jewish and established the cutoff when he married a daughter of ‘Am Yisra’el. Why? Because Yitzchak, through whom B’nei Avraham are counted, was the first Jew (and Jews are called thus partly because Yehudah—Judah—is the tribe through whom is the ancestral line of Mashiach—assuming that there is a literal Mashiach and regardless of whom one believes him to be).

A Request That I Have For Jewish Celebrities In 2018

Please donate to JewishGen on behalf of the many of us whom don't have the privileges of donating much or even anything—and as I forestated, this is my request. In fact—to make quite a long story short and be generous regarding it, and without going into details—I myself am dealing with, unfortunately, a JewishGen "volunteer" whom has no interest in helping B'nei Anusim like myself, and I don't want other B'nei Anusim or anyone else to endure the kind of treatment by that "volunteer" that I've endured. I want to thus assure that JewishGen can have enough donated to them so that they and others who want to help B'nei Anusim and others can index and release more records, and therefore remove genealogical-research brick walls such as the unhelpfulness of certain "volunteers".

In conclusion, consequently, I have one simple question: what, then, is even a donation for as little as:

1. חי-אלף דולרים ("Chai" thousand dollars)?  
2. Even לז-אלף דולרים ("Double Chai" Thousand dollars)?'

Thank you for a part of the rest of your 2017 or beginning of 2018 as well your consideration of my request, and Happy New Year!

Nicole Czarnecki, JewishGen Researcher 312607

An Example The Cockamamie Bull**** About Which You Find Out When You Look At Census Records, Etc..

In this case, John and Mary Cassilly Farrell finally separated or divorced for good in February 23, 1915. Mary Farrell declared him dead on that date, and she declared herself a widow in the 1920 Census and when she died in 1924. John Farrell, however, was also "widowed" and doing fine, thanks (and I'm the liar? Give me a ******* break. Yes, I'm talking to you, Colleen (I kept your comment and my reply up, so that everyone can see it—I have nothing to hide in that regard); and I do "tell the truth about our family"; thanks.)

By the way, some of the information in the indices, etc. needed to be corrected, too (e.g., 47 in 1900 mein tuchus!); and that information is added in blue brackets by Ancestry, etc. once they look at someone's correction.

1880:

Name	Mary Farrell
Age	43
Birth Year	abt 1837
Birthplace	Maryland
Home in 1880	Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	John Farrell
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Occupation	Dress Maker
Household Members	Name Age John Farrell 44 Mary Farrell 43 Edwd. P. Farrell 22 Annie Farrell 20 Ella Farrell 15 Mollie Farrell 8 Agnes Farrell 5

1900 (Three total for John Farrell):

Name	Mary Farrell
Age	62
Birth Date	Dec 1837
Birthplace	Maryland
Home in 1900	Baltimore Ward 5, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	John Farrell
Marriage Year	1856
Years Married	44
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother: number of living children	5
Mother: How many children	7
Household Members	Name Age John Farrell 64 Mary Farrell 62 Annie Farrell 40 Mollie Farrell 32 Agnes Farrell 25 Elsie Snyder 24 Mamie Snyder 22

Name	John Farrell
Age	58
Birth Date	Aug 1841
Birthplace	Ireland
Home in 1900	Election District 13, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
Race	White
Gender	Male
Immigration Year	1865
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Widowed
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Household Members	Name Age John Farrell 58 James J Farrell 34 Elizabeth T Farrell 30 John T Farrell 28

Name	John Farrell
Age	64
Birth Date	Apr 1836
Birthplace	Ireland
Home in 1900	Baltimore Ward 5, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Mary Farrell
Marriage Year	1856
Years Married	44
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Household Members	Name Age John Farrell 64 Mary Farrell 62 Annie Farrell 40 Mollie Farrell 32 Agnes Farrell 25 Elsie Snyder 24 Mamie Snyder 22

Name	John Farrell
Age	47
Birth Date	Jan 1873
Birthplace	Ireland
Home in 1900	Baltimore Ward 20, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
Race	White
Gender	Male
Immigration Year	1880
Relation to Head of House	Boarder
Marital Status	Single
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Household Members	Name Age Matthew Dolan 55 Margaret Dolan 50 John Farrell 47

1910 (Two total for John Farrell)

Name	Mary Farrell
Age in 1910	72
Birth Year	abt 1838
Birthplace	Maryland
Home in 1910	Baltimore Ward 2, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Street	South Washington Street
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	John Farrell
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Native Tongue	English
Occupation	Dressmaker
Industry	At Home
Employer, Employee or Other	Own Account
Able to read	Yes
Able to Write	Yes
Years Married	53
Number of Children Born	7
Number of Children Living	5
Household Members	Name Age John Farrell 73 Mary Farrell 72 Anna V Farrell 50 Mary E Farrell 38 Mary E Schomeider 32

Name	John Farrell
Age in 1910	69
Birth Year	abt 1841
Birthplace	Ireland
Home in 1910	Election District 13, Baltimore, Maryland
Street	Benson Avenue
Race	White
Gender	Male
Immigration Year	1865
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Widowed
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Native Tongue	English
Occupation	Dairyman
Industry	Farm
Employer, Employee or Other	Own Account
Home Owned or Rented	Own
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Farm or House	Farm
Naturalization Status	Naturalized
Able to read	Yes
Able to Write	Yes
Out of Work	N
Household Members	Name Age John Farrell 69 James J Farrell 42 Elizabeth T Farrell 40 Matthew Dolan 75 Margaret Dolan 64

1920

Name	Mary Farrell
Age	82
Birth Year	abt 1838
Birthplace	Maryland
Home in 1920	Baltimore Ward 2, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Street	South Washington St
House Number	232
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Widowed
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Able to Speak English	Yes
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Household Members	Name Age Mary Farrell 82 Anna V Farrell 60 Mollie Farrell 45 Mary Snyder 42

Name	John Farrell
Age	79
Birth Year	abt 1841
Birthplace	Ireland
Home in 1920	Baltimore Ward 25, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Street	Binson Ave
House Number	X
Race	White
Gender	Male
Immigration Year	1865
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Native Tongue	Irish
Able to Speak English	Yes
Occupation	None
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Naturalization Status	Naturalized
Household Members	Name Age John Farrell 79 James Farrell 53 Elizabeth Farrell 51 Margret Dolan 75

1930

Name	John Farrell
Age in 1930	89
Birth Year	abt 1841
Gender	Male
Race	White
Birthplace	Ireland
Marital Status	Widowed
Relation to Head of House	Father
Home in 1930	Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Map of Home	Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Street Address	Benson avenue
Ward of City	25th.Tract 72Pt of
Block	36 Tract 1
House Number in Cities or Towns	3401
Dwelling Number	1
Family Number	1
Attended School	No
Able to Read and Write	Yes
Father's Birthplace	Ireland
Mother's Birthplace	Ireland
Language Spoken	English
Immigration Year	1872
Naturalization	Naturalized
Able to Speak English	Yes
Household Members	Name Age James J Farrell 64 John Farrell 89 Elizabeth T Farrell 61 Margaret Dolan 87

PS I'm doing this for your benefit, too, Colleen. If you want to ever go after anybody for not "tell[ing] the truth about our family" on my blog, go after someone else—I am not worth messing with if you don't want to get sued for libel.

By the way, John Farrell died in 1934 and left a will: