Find your cousin! Do we share an ancestor?

amother

Honey ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 8:44 am

Anyone from the Nidvorne dynasty, and the Leifer family?

amother

↑ Pumpkin ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 8:49 am

I also come from the Yismach Moshe!

amother

↑ Latte

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 8:50 am

amother Nemesia wrote:

👋

Hi cousin!

amother

Silver

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 9:14 am

amother Honey wrote:

Anyone from the Nidvorne dynasty, and the Leifer family?

Me!

amother

Begonia

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 9:14 am

amother Plum wrote:

Mendlowitz family anyone?

R' Shraga Feivel's family, yes

amother

↑ Honey ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 9:20 am

amother Silver wrote:

Me!

hi:)
are you rebbish?
our branch of the family isnt rebbish anymore unfrtunately

readreread

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 9:26 am

Ema of 5 wrote:

No relatives of mine here….im not related to anyone famous….

same

Could name some random German Jewish booksellers no one has ever heard of, but....

amother

↑ Jade ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 9:42 am

amother Plum wrote:

Mendlowitz family anyone?

Possibly , my great grandfather was Menashe Gross, so I have some Mendlowitz cousins.
Anyone related?

amother

↑ Apricot ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 9:53 am

amother Hibiscus wrote:

No way, I'm named after her too!!!! That's way too funny, now we need to figure out some more connections, I'm an einekal of the B family.

!! That is so beautiful !!! Are you a great granddaughter ?

amother

↑ Brass

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 10:00 am

amother Plum wrote:

Mendlowitz family anyone?

I already posted about being the great grandchild of Yoshe Mendlowitz, and someone responded that she's also. Are you from the same family?

amother

Olive

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 10:32 am

Is this an ashkenazi (chassidish) thing? I see no sefardis here

↑ Ruchel ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 10:46 am

amother Arcticblue wrote:

Do you not do shidduchim with kohanim? It's a tzava'ah from Rav Lieber.I only found out when half of my kids were married already but Hashem was good to us and none of them married kohanim.

No kohanim ? Why

↑ Ruchel ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 10:48 am

amother Orange wrote:

Yes! I'm a descendant. One of my brothers is named after him.
I'm also a descendant of Rav Lieber M'Barditchev and the Tosfos Yom Tov. Any descendants of Tosfos Yom Tov who make a seudas hoda'ah on Rosh Chodesh Adar?

I must know about the seuda tell me

amother

Heather ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 10:57 am

amother Brass wrote:

I already posted about being the great grandchild of Yoshe Mendlowitz, and someone responded that she's also. Are you from the same family?

I’m related to Mendlowitz who lived in Scranton at one point.

amother

↑ Orange ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 10:59 am

amother Arcticblue wrote:

Do you not do shidduchim with kohanim? It's a tzava'ah from Rav Lieber.I only found out when half of my kids were married already but Hashem was good to us and none of them married kohanim.

Nope! We don't!

amother

↑ Arcticblue ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 11:10 am

Ruchel wrote:

No kohanim ? Why

I think because he was descended from dovid hamelech and he said you can't have malchus and kehuna in the same family. It's not good for the family.

↑ Amelia Bedelia ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 11:20 am

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

Is that so unusual? Twins are so common today, I would think practically everyone has at least one child who has twins. I think everyone I know 55+ with a large enough family has at least one set of twin grandchildren

I'm not sure what in my post is so huggable...

amother

Charcoal

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 11:36 am

amother Feverfew wrote:

Regarding the chassidish yichus more common I have heard this is because most of lita and Germany were wiped out in the war. So majority of people are descendants of chassidim. Also there was lower rates of assimilation, so more frum descendants that know their lineage.

I'm a descendant of R' Avraham Schreiber (and therefore ksav sofer, chasam sofer and R' Akiva Eiger). Anyone else?

I guess we're related... im a gestetner einikel, !

amother

↑ Seashell

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 11:36 am

amother Charcoal wrote:

I guess we're related... im a gestetner einikel, !

Surprised nobody mentioned Gestetner until now