I've just learned that my paternal grandfather may have come from a German Jewish family whose original surname was Faber. I have evidence of his birth in Germany in or around Mannheim, Baden-wurttemburg, from a passenger list showing him, his brothers and their mother boarding a ship out of Hamburg, Germany, bound for South Africa while he was only two years old. They are using the surname Faber. My grandfather adopted a false surname when he left South Africa. I have not been able to find any other German or South African records or documents yet, and this branch of the family is kind of a mystery. I woud like to get the thoughts of anyone else who is familiar with the surname Faber in either South Africa or Germany, and if it applies to Jewish heritage or if anyone coming from Germany might have that name, regardless of Jewish heritage.
Thanks!
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