to clarify

In Part VIII yesterday, I stated quite emphatically that we were not jewish. It may have confused someone so I wanted to clarify. My grandfather was a southern Baptist and my Mom had no faith to call her own. We are Hebrew (is that the right word for it?) but can not claim to be Jewish in the religious sense. There are fairly strict rules to Judaism and who is in and who is not. By some standard I would be in because my mother is Jewish/Hebrew, but the problem is that her mother is not, so she is not, so I am not. Does that make any sense? I both am and am not Jewish in other words....so figure that out! My story is hard to tell with any clarity, even with the facts straight, so I am sorry for the confusion, I feel it too.