I don't understand why should negate a bnei anusim origin. I have read in various publications about Sephardic Jews in London and Amsterdam that they have come directly from Spain or Portugal and as Jews. This is a big lie neither was Jewish Halakhicly and many of them came to London and Amsterdam from the Azores, Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
Early Sephardic Jews to get to London or Amsterdam came near the middle of the 17th century and expulsion from Spain was in 1492 and from Portugal was in 1496. The first "Sephardic Jews" in London and Amsterdam didn't have jewish surnames they only had portuguese or spanish surnames.
They didn't speak Ladino like Sephardic Jews who left Portugal and Spain with the decrees of expulsion or even knew each liturgy. Why this lie? why they are not recognizing their identity?. Why they don't recognize that they were Bnei anusim and fought to regain their identity?
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