A very big welcome to the forum Adam!
Not to long ago we had a discussion on this very topic, check the thread
Where are the Jews?! under the section titled People, Places and Civilizations.
I'm a Gentile through and through, but my wife is part Jewish, and my kids have a surname with a -stein ending. I've always wondered if they have a genetic link to physical Israel, but I'm not sure because my wife's family is Jewish on her father's side but I'm not sure exactly how
pure their blood is. So I too would be interested to know if they are considered Jewish descent or Gentile, or a mixture of both.
I like what KP wrote in the thread I mentioned above:
But the only real definition---Yahweh's definition---is written at some level in the DNA. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find that there are multiplied millions of souls who are "Israelites" without knowing about it.So I like to believe that it's not for me to know now, because what really matters is that my kids love Yahweh through Yahshua; however, yes, I am curious to know too.
When I became a newborn Christian I asked my pastor why we didn't keep the law and quickly got told it was nailed to the cross. Some years later after backsliding, I turned to God and began seeking Him with an open mind. By this time I was married to a part-Catholic part-Jewish (but fully atheist in belief) girl, so I began seeking to find the most accurate interpretation of Scripture and to understand the Jewish interpretation of Scripture, which lead me to Yahweh, and to FH, POD, TOM and YY. Also, in order get to know us a little more personally if you want here is a
link to a thread, under the Fellowship section, where a few of us have shared our testimonies.
Very glad to have you on board theHessian!