I was born into a Roman Catholic family in Havana, Cuba, but from a young age, I felt Jewish and inexplicably was drawn to all things Jewish. After converting to Orthodox Judaism at age 34, I found clues along my […]
About Genie Milgrom
Genie Milgrom was born in Havana, Cuba, into a Roman Catholic family of Spanish ancestry. In an unparalleled work of genealogy, she was able to fully document her unbroken maternal lineage going back as far as 1405 to pre-Inquisition Spain and Portugal. She is president of Tarbut Sefarad-Fermoselle in Spain, and Immediate Past President of the Society for Crypto Judaic Studies. She is the author of the book My 15 Grandmothers, Mis 15 Abuelas in Spanish as well as How I Found My 15 Grandmothers, A Step By Step Guide. The books have won the 2015 Latino Author Book Awards. She also writes for several online sites including www.esefarad.com as well as the Journal of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Crypto Jewry from FIU University. She was awarded the State of Florida Genealogy award for her outstanding achievements and advances in the pioneer work she has done in genealog