“Delve deeper? The family I married into escaped with their lives from the Catholic church in Spain by fleeing to Central America.”
They did better than my ancestor. He was tortured for his religious beliefs, then tried for treason for them and after being convicted was hanged drawn and quartered in Wexford Ireland.
Of course my for-bearer was Roman Catholic and his torturers/killers were Protestants in the service of Good Queen Bess.
(FWIW I am not Roman Catholic, but most of my ancestors on my dad’s side were.)
Don’t forget to read Salvation’s link to how Catholics and Protestants are ‘net even’ in the slaughter game.
I’m still trying to see how the Jews play “catch up.”