CANCER MAY BE EVIDENCE OF ANCESTRY SAN LUIS VALLEY CASES MAY POINT TO JEWS WHO CONVERTED IN 1400S.(City Desk/Local) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: July 31, 2003| Author: Scanlon^ , Bill | COPYRIGHT 2003 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Bill Scanlon

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

For hundreds of years, Beatrice Wright's Hispanic ancestors farmed and ranched in the San Luis Valley, attending Catholic churches throughout northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.

Now, she wonders if she is descended from Jews who converted to Christianity 500 years ago to avoid being burned alive during the Spanish Inquisition.

The reason: She has a breast cancer mutation relatively common i...