Was Sarah palin's maternal great grandfather Jewish?

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No. The rumor on several blogs that Sarah Palin's maternal grandparents were Lithuanian Jews named "Sheigam" is completely false. All official records confirm that Gov. Palin's maternal grandparents were Clement J. and Helen L. Sheeran of Richland, Washington. Their ancestral lines can be traced to Ireland and Germany, respectively. Some websites have also suggested that Palin's paternal grandmother was a Jewish woman named "Beatrice Coleman", but this too is complete fiction. Palin's paternal grandmother was named Nellie Marie Heath (nee Brandt). According to her obituary in the Sandpoint Daily Bee, Mrs. Heath was associated with the First Church of Christ in Sandpoint, Idaho. In a recent Time Magazine interview, Palin asserted that her parents, Chuck and Sally Heath, baptized her in the Catholic church and attended non-denominational Christian churches throughout her childhood.

It is unclear where (or why) the fabrications regarding Gov. Palin's heritage initially appeared. Some websites that have posted this mis-information seem to promulgate prejudiced ideals or conspiracy theories, but why have promoted this story is something of a mystery.

Rootsweb:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/palin.htm
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I132267
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I131617
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I131614
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I133179

BND.com:
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/480158.html

CTV:
http://krisabel.ctv.ca/blog/_archives/2008/10/7/3919685.html

Other:
http://alumnisandstorm.com/htm2006/2006-11-Nov.htm#14
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Genealogy/famousdescendants.php
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2071652/posts
First answer by Eugeno. Last edit by Saturnalia9. Contributor trust: 9 [recommend contributorrecommended]. Question popularity: 3 [recommend question].

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