Reply To: Can following a Chumra become a Chilul Hashem

There was no evidence that any of the 3 werent Jewish.

R. Shach, R. Eliashiv, R. Shlomo Zalman and R. Moshe all ruled that they need to undergo a full conversion – with new blood – in order to be considered Jewish.

However Rav Ovadia Yosef ruled differently, He rules they were 100% jewish