Hello. In Dec. '94, my sister and I found outt, quite by accident, that our paternal grandparents were Jewish. And apparantly, much to the surprise of my Irish Catholic Mother! My Father died eight years ago and most of his family is gone, so there is no one to ask. My sister, cousin and I are dying to find out more. My cousin once asked my grandmother for family history and was told, "to let the past stay in the past!" Wow, does THAT just make us more curious or WHAT! She has heard of a ship that came over called the HMS Bremen and thought that might have soome connection to the surname and German town. Our Great Grandfather's name was John D. Brayman and was supposedly a german Jew annd his wife was possibly an Eenglish Jew. We're trying to start constructing a family tree, but it's pretty hard when you find out no one's been willing to talk! Want to know what the "big mystery" is and why it was kept a secret. This branch of the family, started out in the Philadelphia, PA region.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!