# My mother's mother's mother was Jewish. Am I?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 13, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mothers-mothers-mother-was-jewish-am-i/585299 "2011-06-13T06:58:56Z")\
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> [@robert\_columbia](#):
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> I don’t know what happens if your mother converts after your are born.

It depends on the branch, but most likely you would need to undergo conversion as an adult. If your mother wasn’t Jewish at the time of your birth then you weren’t Jewish from birth.

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