Ayzik, Icek, Itzchak

Some used the name Icek (especially from Poland) or Anglicized to Isidor. -- Abby Barry Bergman New York

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You and a relative are Nth cousins K times removed, where your common ancestor is N+1 generations before the older of the two of you, and the two of you are K generations apart. So for example, first

Dates and countries - or language - would be of great help for this guesswork I had two possibilities come to mind 1, Tevele - diminutive for Tuvia Tuvia being "Tuv" or "Tov" - Good and "ia"

Yitzchak is the Hebrew (Ivrit) for Isaac. Does that help?? David Lewin London

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Had one of the Moshe-Chaim's died before the other was born? David Lewin London

Are you certain that the reversed names apply to the same individual and not to different generations in that family? A string of two names was used before they invented family names. XY was

The question is not clear. If you are looking for names Yitzkhak might use in a country where English is not the language spoken, I have seen Icek, Izaak, Aizik and Itsko. If you are looking

An idea I had to possibly suggest which chassidus your family followed would be to look for names given in honor of deceased Rebbes. Although it's not a very reliable method, if you find relatives'

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I have never found an answer for which viewpoint is used to determine a connection to a cousin. I recently discovered the great-granddaughter of my great-great-grandfather. From my standpoint I would

Hi Tammy, There is just one correction from the excellent translation by Joseph Ash. The name of the father of the deceased person is Menachem Arieh. Arieh is a middle name and not an abbreviation of