BRAUCHER Genealogy

Name: Adam Braucher

Comments: Hello Arnold. I have nothing to be ashamed of. But if praying for me makes you feel better, then I support your choice. I, in turn will also pray for you. Peace be with you.

Name: Arnold Braucher

Comments: Hello Adam. You should really take some time to educate yourself on the topic of DNA testing. DNA tests are not that accurate and consistently do not reflect the reality of DNA ancestry. They are primarily designed to determine health risk factors and not deep ancestry. Family tree records are a far more reliable means of ancestry tracing and I am pretty confident about our Jewish Braucher ancestry (I have records going back 15 generations through Jewish diaspora in Germany and back to Israel). In reading your response, it sounds like you are upset or ashamed by your Jewish roots. This makes me very sad. You should not be ashamed of who you are and where you come from. I will pray to Yashua to bring peace to your mind and soul. With deepest love, Arnold

Name: Adam Braucher

Comments: In addition to my previous comment, I forgot to mention that DNA tests done on my fathers side and my brother show no traces of Jewish ancestry in our family. However, northern European is listed. This leads me to believe that the Brauchers in the world that follow the Torah likely converted to Judaism or married into Jewish communities where they live. This may not fit other peoples narrative, but it is a fact in my branch of the family. I cannot debate with DNA results.

Name: Arnold Braucher

Comments: Hello, I am a Braucher of Jewish descent who lives in Pennsylvania USA. I have done extensive family history research going back to Germany and I have discovered that although the original Brauchers were Christians, we are in fact ethnically and racially of Jewish ancestry who have lived in south-wester Germany for centuries. Braucher is a surname of Jewish descent. With love, Arnold

Name: Adam Braucher

Comments: With all due respect, the earliest German migrants to North America were actually Protestant Christian ethnic Germans, not Hebrew speaking Jewish Germans. They were in some cases looking for opportunity and other cases escaping religious persecution by the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. My earliest ancestor in US records was a Pennsylvania Deutsch man who was a Protestant Christian. It is often easy to classify German surnames as Jewish in origin based on spelling similarities. Many people that have similar spelling names to Braucher, like Bauer or Berger, realize that they are different families with different roots. Even if they come from Germany or Austria. I have personally had people mistake me as a Jewish person because I have partial Greek ancestry, which gives me a Mediterranean appearance. It in no way offends me, but I find it somewhat amusing how prejudiced people can be on these matters. That being said, I enjoy researching family history of all nationalities or religious backgrounds. Humankind is very diverse and filled with interesting stories of peoples in the past.