Miriam Camitta writes:
I am researching my husband's paternal surname, which, in its Eastern
European iteration is a variation of Kometau....
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It is possible that DNA testing can provide you with some clues to
your husband's KOMETAU/COMMANDO ancestors and whether or not they
might have been Sephardic. I administer the Iberian Ashkenaz DNA
project with Schelly Talalay Dardashti for Ashkenazi Jews who have
some indication that their ancestors might have been Sephardic. You
can order a DNA kit for your husband >from Family Tree DNA through our
project; the DNA test involves a simple, painless cheek swab. Please
e-mail me privately if you are interested.

Judy Simon
Stony Brook, NY

researching BROZGOL (>from Rezekne, Latvia and Barcelona, Spain);
KAPELUSHNIK, MIRANSKI, SKUTELSKI, RAPOPORT (>from Rezekne, Latvia);
LEFKOWITZ, KELMER, OLSTEIN, MEZELSOR, CHOINA, AKERMAN (>from the Lodz
area, Poland)