But most Muslims here are Slavs whose ancestors converted to the religion of their conquerors.
Unlike Serbs, they were considered Croatian brothers whose ancestors converted to Islam.
Her grandmother came from an industrial family, whose ancestors had converted from Judaism to Protestantism.
Another saying, not too different from the previous one, says that the ancestors of the Rastoders emigrated to Radmanci and converted to Islam.
There is a tiny community of Subbotniks, whose ancestors converted to Judaism, and are quickly dwindling.
Their ancestors had been Jewish but over the generations, because of persecution, converted to Christianity.
Many Ethiopian Jews whose ancestors converted to Christianity have been returning to the practice of Judaism.
According to their traditions, they were Jaat, Rajputs, whose ancestor converted to Islam so that could learn music.
Their ancestors had converted to Sikhism in the early 1600s.
Their ancestors converted to Islam during Turkish rule.