It is great to know you're out there, Daniel, bringing a type of light into Portugal that a Christian or a Muslim can't bring. Our greatest medieval thinker is credited as saying that for someone in your position it is twice as meritorious to be doing good deeds than it is for someone in an organised community. And like Joseph, your life in the diaspora can be a source of goodness and wisdom for your brethren everywhere else.

Former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu has issued a psak din regarding Anusim essentially stating they need a giyur b'sofek (conversion in case of doubt) with the omission of the bracha. Remember, there is a mamzerut issue if they are declared 100% kosher yehudim, so we are obligated to help them since they are likely 100% Jewish with no gittin for the past few hundred years!

David - Come home. We're not perfect, we have many problems amongst ourselves, but there are many good Jews of all stripes waiting to welcome you home (even if it is one big dysfunctional family).