The epicanthic fold also popped up in my Ukrainian lineages but that is key...it pops up, it doesn't affect an entire family. My belief based on the history of the greater Lithuania/Poland region is t

#general

Both my research and my experience are that while occasionally non-cohanim adopted a cohan surname for reasons as offered above...this was rare. In Jewish tradition---and I'm secular so not pushing a

#ukraine

Not to be contrarian, but the statement "patronyms in Russian are always "ovitch" never "ov" is not consistent with my extensive experience. I have records of Russian family (from throughout the Pale)

#names #belarus

As part of researching the ancestries of men in a large J2a Cohanim DNA project, I'm seeking leads to find a torah (scroll or book) that was printed in 1600s Frankfurt by the Shor/Schorr family who we

#records #germany #dna #galicia

I am trying to help a genetic match of mine who was adopted, find out about her birth mother. Does any of the following ring a bell for anyone? All we know is the mother was a "Russian Jew", born ca 1

#yiddish

I am trying to help a genetic match of mine who was adopted, find out about her birth mother. Does any of the following ring a bell for anyone? All we know is the mother was a "Russian Jew", born ca 1

#yiddish

I popped over to the website and have to say that as a person fairly well-versed on the subjects of genetic genealogy, the role of Cohanim research in genetic genealogy as well as the history of Judai

#dna

I popped over to the website and have to say that as a person fairly well-versed on the subjects of genetic genealogy, the role of Cohanim research in genetic genealogy as well as the history of Judai

#dna

Shoshana... every genealogical line of DNA that you have tested will have its own haplogroup. So one person's own DNA will only have one maternal and one paternal haplogroup---your mom's mom's mom's l

#dna

Shoshana... every genealogical line of DNA that you have tested will have its own haplogroup. So one person's own DNA will only have one maternal and one paternal haplogroup---your mom's mom's mom's l

#dna

On 2006.07.11 Joan Hartman <joanhartman@...> asked: most of the scientific papers on the subject---the information in the blog you quoted is fairly accurate. The thing is, it looks like coha

#dna

On 2006.07.11 Joan Hartman <joanhartman@...> asked: most of the scientific papers on the subject---the information in the blog you quoted is fairly accurate. The thing is, it looks like coha

#dna

I just read Geoff Munitz' query about Ulkenick, which alas I know nothing of, when it dawned on me that I'd never asked this group about a shtetl in my ancestry that's been a mystery for years. I too

#lithuania

I just read Geoff Munitz' query about Ulkenick, which alas I know nothing of, when it dawned on me that I'd never asked this group about a shtetl in my ancestry that's been a mystery for years. I too

#lithuania

As a testament to the many ways a SIG like this one can be valuable, I wanted to briefly tell the tale of some connections I just made. Having received the digest with Ronnie Mink's tribute to Dr Fran

#southafrica

As a testament to the many ways a SIG like this one can be valuable, I wanted to briefly tell the tale of some connections I just made. Having received the digest with Ronnie Mink's tribute to Dr Fran

#southafrica

I am looking for anyone who has information on or connections to the families of two 19th century Lithuanian rabbis who were brothers and whose original surname was ALTSCHULER: 1) One changed his surn

#rabbinic

I am looking for anyone who has information on or connections to the families of two 19th century Lithuanian rabbis who were brothers and whose original surname was ALTSCHULER: 1) One changed his surn

#rabbinic

Jerry Hoffman, DDS emailed me to ask that I warn everyone on this list that drinking tea through a sugar cube promotes tooth decay. So he discourages us >from imitating this honored tradition. Another

#lithuania

Jerry Hoffman, DDS emailed me to ask that I warn everyone on this list that drinking tea through a sugar cube promotes tooth decay. So he discourages us >from imitating this honored tradition. Another

#lithuania