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True or false? Jewish people regarded adopted children as full heirs.

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Jewish law traditionally sees adopted children as full heirs, akin to biological children, with all corresponding rights including inheritance. This stands in contrast to the Nazi ideology of genetic purity that culminated in the stripping of citizenship rights from Eastern European Jews in Germany on 7/14/33.

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The statement that Jewish people regarded adopted children as full heirs is generally true. According to Jewish law, or Halacha, adopted children are indeed considered as part of the family and have the same rights as biological children, including inheritance rights, as long as they are formally adopted according to the legal procedures of the land and Jewish tradition.

In contrast, the 7/14/33 German citizenship rights were stripped away from Eastern European Jews living in Germany, which signifies the beginning of a series of discriminatory laws that would eventually lead to the Holocaust. This historical event reflects a marked difference compared to Jewish laws regarding family and inheritance, indicating a stark contrast between the Jewish tradition that upholds family bonds regardless of biological connection and the Nazi regime which valued genetic purity over individual rights and family bonds.

To establish a child's relationship to his/her mother and father using DNA fingerprinting, markers in the child's DNA must match those of the mother and father. DNA fingerprinting is a tool that can show biological relationships but is not a requirement in Jewish law for a child to be considered a full heir.

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