Find your cousin! Do we share an ancestor?

amother

↑ Taupe ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 2:46 pm

amother Honey wrote:

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

Hi cousin! I'm rebbish I guess your from the Laufer's or the Is....s

↑ Comptroller

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 2:50 pm

Beingreal wrote:

Kimmel family, anyone?

Jimmy Kimmel?
ah, no, he is not jewish! Sorry.

amother

↑ Honey ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 2:56 pm

amother Taupe wrote:

Hi cousin! I'm rebbish I guess your from the Laufer's or the Is....s

Neither. From a small family, the name hardly my exists anymore because everyone had girls

↑ Success10

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 2:57 pm

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?

Just seeing this now. Yes, I'm related to R Eiger and Chasam Sofer.

amother

↑ Dustypink ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 2:58 pm

amother Firebrick wrote:

Hi cousin! Not from the same grandparents but our grandparents were cousins.

But I have a good friend that is a direct descendant of Avrum Mordche and Dina.

Hi! Bet your good friend isn’t online😏

amother

↑ Periwinkle ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 3:41 pm

amother Cinnamon wrote:

The extended Feldmans. Meisels is a daughter of Feldman. The reunion was together with R Binyamin Chaims brothers family

Interesting. My husbands grandfather is a brother. I was already married then. I wonder why we didnt go or were not invited. Ill ask my mother in law

↑ Ruchel ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 3:50 pm

amother Arcticblue wrote:

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.

That's fascinating
I've seen many descendants of maharal marry into Cohen

amother

↑ Periwinkle

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 4:07 pm

Re: Feldman Reunion

My aunt said it was for high school girls only. I didnt qualify 😀

amother

↑ Cobalt ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 4:18 pm

amother Seashell wrote:

Surprised nobody mentioned Gestetner until now

So am I. There must be dozens of Gestetners and Grunwald’s here. I did notice the Arugas Habosem mentioned.

amother

↑ Jade

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 4:26 pm

amother Heather wrote:

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

Are you related to Gross? I'm pretty sure by great grandfather lived in Scranton - one of his sons in law was Reuven (Rubi) Mendlowitz who was a (half) brother to R' Shraga Feivel. R' Shraga Feivel lived in Scranton for 7 years working as a Rebbi.

amother

↑ Hibiscus ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 4:44 pm

amother Apricot wrote:

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

Yup, what about you?

blue_bird

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 4:58 pm

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.

Yes, I am also a descendent of R' Leiber and we do not marry Kohanim

amother

↑ Apricot ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 5:16 pm

amother Hibiscus wrote:

Yup, what about you?

Also a great grand daughter . We are second cousins . My parent and your parent are first cousins. My grandparent and your grandparent were sibs.!!
P.s. I never posted here before , just read through random . Opened an account to tell you hi Smile

↑ Hashem_Yaazor

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 5:17 pm

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

My kids have ka"h over 100 first cousins.
None are twins.

amother

↑ Hosta

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 5:28 pm

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

Yes, was thinking the same. We are not related to the thumim family.

My grandparents have at least 10 sets of twin great grandchildren. (and only 1 was prob. IF related)

amother

↑ Hibiscus ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 5:41 pm

amother Apricot wrote:

Oh my that is really an honor then, I'm a pretty steady poster here and almost always under my username. I guess you prob live in Canada then

amother

↑ Arcticblue ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 5:47 pm

Ruchel wrote:

That's fascinating
I've seen many descendants of maharal marry into Cohen

I guess the maharal didn't leave such a tzava'ah.

amother

↑ Arcticblue

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 5:48 pm

blue_bird wrote:

Yes, I am also a descendent of R' Leiber and we do not marry Kohanim

So interesting!

amother

↑ Clematis

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 6:15 pm

amother Hosta wrote:

Yes, was thinking the same. We are not related to the thumim family.

My grandparents have at least 10 sets of twin great grandchildren. (and only 1 was prob. IF related)

Non identical twins are genetic which makes sense that you have so many. It isnt common for a whole family of siblings to have one or more twin granchildren. One of my aunts has three sets.
It usually runs in the family.
We happen to be einiklach of that family as well.

amother

↑ Crocus ↓

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 6:21 pm

amother Silver wrote:

Me!

I can't keep myself back. Me three. More than once.