Question I have wanted to ask:

In my genealogical research, I came across a Jewish conversion baptism. (Not my ancestor. I would probably claim him if he were.) The last name the man chose was atypical of the area, and stands out. While I was searching for my own ancestors, I could see his children being born, and his sons marrying and having children, etc. because of the last name.

Would they have been at risk during the Holocaust? The conversion was back in something like 1770, but as I said, the last name was not German sounding. Would his descendants have been singled out?

Always wondered.