To all those with kohein-divorcee stories!
Little know halacha: a kohein may not marry the daughter of a ger and a giyores.
I know a kohein who was seriously dating a top girl and was ready to get engaged. This girl’s father, a prominent man in his community, was a ger. The boy’s Rav told him to check out the mother’s lineage – the mother had been adopted at birth, so it was not 100% certain she was Jewish. In fact, she had undergone sfak geirus just in case, but as her birth parents had specifically requested that she only be adopted by Orthodox Jews, it was safe to assume that she was born Jewish.
As the adoption was “closed”, it took 3 months (!) to find the necessary information. All this time, the boy and girl were unofficially engaged; they were just waiting for this mere formality to be over.
And then …. they found out the girl’s mother was NOT Jewish from birth! It turns out her mother had noticed that Orthodox Jews treat their kids well and wanted her daughter to have a good life!
Both boy and girl are happily married, and the girl’s mother was actually quite happy to get to know her “real” family.
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