I'm trying to find out the maiden name of my paternal great-grandmother who immigrated to Palestine from Proskurov (Khmelnytskyi) in 1925 with my Great Grandfather, Ya'acov Helfman and three of her

A friend from the Bessie family has asked me if I could connect the father of the immortal pianist Rosina Lhévinne, "Jacques" Bessie, with my friend's family, known diamond merchants in the

Thanks Adam! I appreciate you sharing your experience and insight with me. My brother took an AncestryDNA and it reported ~16% Ashkenazi. Two sister took 23andMe and it reported ~16% for one and ~8%

Judi, I see they landed on April 6, 1940. The 1940 U.S. census was April 1st. If they had arrived a few days earlier than you might find them on the census. I'm glad that these two girls were able

"Keep in mind that all admixture reports from all companies are still at the level of "for entertainment value only" -- and MyHeritage is the absolute clown of the bunch. They predict ancestry that is

Every historical record match that I've seen on MyHeritage (or more accurately, glimpsed through the paywall) has been from FamilySearch, which is free. MH is not actually a repository, but a data

I have a problem I have 17% European Jewish DNA , only one is my grandfather possibility He was born in Via Austria his mother left him at the border to Hungary and He had a note pined on saying his

Do all descendants of your great-grandfather all have similar Jewish DNA markers? If they are only seen in one of his children's line it suggests differing parentage. Every child inherits 50% of DNA

Interesting! Certainly helpful to know. Thanks!

23 and Me says it ships to Israel: https://customercare.23andme.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000145307-What-Countries-Do-You-Ship-To- Like Ancestry, 23 and Me does not take uploads from other companies,

Wow, that's incredible! Thank you so much for sharing that story--it inspires me to keep searching. Is there a way to contact the Jewish Museum in Dublin to see if they could offer any insight?

MaryAnn, You asked: "Is the name MOVSHA another name for Moses?" Yes, it is. Moses, Movsha, Moishe, and other variations. Hope this helps, Sherri Bobish Princeton, NJ

O, yes as well as Moshe, Moishe, Moisej, Misha, Musa...

Keep in mind that all admixture reports from all companies are still at the level of "for entertainment value only" -- and MyHeritage is the absolute clown of the bunch. They predict ancestry that is

Although I said there weren't a lot of marriage licenses before 1900 in NYC, which is correct, that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. 2 sets of my ggrandparents married in 1870, and both have marriage

Thanks, Sherri. I've been able to confirm that I have the correct birth record. I know he didn't have a good childhood, and he didn't like to talk about his birth family, so it's possible that my

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Your regions of ancestral origins are statistical estimates, based on the company’s database. Your Ethnicity Estimates are updated by the ancestry company, as more people get tested. Ancestry has a

One must not discount the possibility of mis-spellings on the original records. For several years, in the NYC Municipal Archives, I had searched for the marriage license of my maternal grandparents,

Even before the plague, "reel-only" items were in a sort of limbo ever since FamilySearch discontinued microfilm distribution several years ago. (The materials and equipment had simply become