Find your cousin! Do we share an ancestor?

amother

↑ Carnation ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:24 am

amother Cognac wrote:

Bobby Yittele's einikel too. Hi cousins.
Also descendant of the SHACH and his daughter Esther. ( Guess how proud I was when we worked on a yichus project in school!)

Also from the Shach! But through a son - R Moshe Katz.

↑ safetynet1 ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:26 am

amother Carnation wrote:

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Lol good point. How about Dovid Aryeh Brizel?

amother

↑ Dustypink ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:30 am

Chayalle wrote:

well then our ancestors likely knew each other. I am descended from R' Yaakov Fisch of Kalev.

Also (little more recently) of R' Hershele Liske.
And the Maareh Yecheskal (Paneth family).

My family is from kalev too

amother

↑ Ivory ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:32 am

Anyone a descendant of the shpuler zeide?

amother

↑ Wandflower ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:35 am

Chayalle wrote:

well then our ancestors likely knew each other. I am descended from R' Yaakov Fisch of Kalev.

Also (little more recently) of R' Hershele Liske.
And the Maareh Yecheskal (Paneth family).

Yes our zeides were very close. R shayala Keristirir was a very close Talmud of R Hershele Liske.

amother

↑ Geranium ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:37 am

Chayalle wrote:

Hi there relative!
My father is Ben achar Ben from the Taz.

My grandfather's grandfather was Ben achar Ben, Shmuel. His daughter, Rochel Leah, is my grandfather's mother.

↑ Ema of 5 ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:38 am

amother Wallflower wrote:

Apparently every Ashkenazi Jew us descended from Rashi these days, just putting that out there!

Not me, or my husband, as far as we know.

amother

Cerulean

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:39 am

amother Moccasin wrote:

That is funny. I'll have to see if I can find that Binah.

The Baltimore Wolks are closely related to me. Im wondering about more distant Wolk descendants

I’m related to Laykie Wolk. But not through the Wolk family though, I’m related to her (Shanker)

amother

Garnet

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:39 am

Anyone related to the Scranton Gottesman family or Gabrielowitz or Breslauer families?

Crookshanks

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:40 am

amother Aqua wrote:

Just saying I’m a lefkowitz einikel, my family bh has very easy time in shidduchim, in fact easier than most people. We have a lot of very gelungene, talented, popular individuals with beautiful families in our branch.
The divrei yoel did not hold of this rumors…

Now I'm curious lol

amother

↑ Ecru

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:40 am

Success10 wrote:

I'm also a decsendant of the famous Teomim family, that was blessed with many twins.

Same same !

amother

Lightblue

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:41 am

amother Ivory wrote:

Anyone a descendant of the shpuler zeide?

Me! There's a small facebook group that are his decedents and actually has arranged get togethers.

amother

Diamond

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:46 am

My husband is a direct descendant of Reb Levi Ben Yaakov, who was the great-granson of the holy Reb Avraham of Ur Kasdim. Any relatives here?

amother

Watermelon ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:49 am

amother Navyblue wrote:

Anyone a descendant of the Rivlins from the old city of Yerushalayim circa 1800s?

I'm not a direct descendant, but they are our cousins, we are related to some of them. So we might be cousins too. Hi! Smile

↑ safetynet1

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:53 am

amother Denim wrote:

Sanzer einikel 5 times over again.

Which one are you, Halberstam? Horowitz? Twerski? Rubin?

And for the poster that commented on the 5x- The Sanzer Rav had 14 children. In those days it was common to marry first cousins. So 5x in so many generations doesn't mean much.

Its like saying I am a grandchild of Dovid Hamelech 20x

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amother

↑ Crocus ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:55 am

safetynet1 wrote:

Which one are you, Halberstam? Horowitz? Twersky? Rubin?

You're missing plenty of names.

amother

Jade ↓

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:58 am

We're descendent of Rav Avrohom brother of the Vilna Gaon author of Maalos HaTorah, anyone related?

amother

↑ Ivory

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 10:59 am

amother Lightblue wrote:

Me! There's a small facebook group that are his decedents and actually has arranged get togethers.

Do you also have the tradition of the family Sidas Hodua in Shvat?

amother

↑ Watermelon

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 11:01 am

snooper86 wrote:

The Taz & the Bach

We are related by marriage to the Bach, like his wife is a distant cousin. But not a descendant.

amother

Moonstone

Wed, Apr 10 2024, 11:06 am

Success10 wrote:

I'm also a decsendant of the famous Teomim family, that was blessed with many twins.

Same! And currently expecting twins. We have quite some number of twins in the family…