Find Your Cousins For the ordinary folk

amother

↑ Snapdragon

Sat, Apr 13 2024, 6:46 pm

amother Marigold wrote:

As in Todd Factor?

I don’t know Todd Factor, but he might be connected.

Max factor - the makeup - was an uncle. He left Poland earlier than many others.

A generation earlier was Itche Leib Faktor

Edit-
Actually max factor and itche Leib were the same generation I think.
Before them was Abraham, and his father was Fishel

amother

Alyssum

Sat, Apr 13 2024, 7:45 pm

amother Cyan wrote:

I posted on the other thread but didn't get any replies. Where are my fellow Yekkes?

Any Gruenenbaum descendants? I remember a huge family reunion back when I was a kid with color coordinated name labels to keep track of who was descended from whom and a humongous family tree up on the wall.

Or any Jacobovitses? I'm descended from one of the 5 sons of R' Moshe Yehuda Jacobovits who made it out of Germany into France and came over to the US after the war. He and his wife, Chana (a Munk), lived in Washington Heights.

My cousin married a Gruenenbaum. I don't know anyone else with that name, so it's not all that common, I'd guess. Wonder if she's related to you!

amother

Apple

Sat, Apr 13 2024, 11:54 pm

Anyone else here descended from Mayflower passengers?

Anyone?

*crickets*

oh well lol

(giyores here)

Einikel

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 8:02 pm

amother Apple wrote:

Anyone else here descended from Mayflower passengers?

Anyone?

*crickets*

oh well lol

(giyores here)

So cool! 🤓

amother

Ruby ↓

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 8:25 pm

amother Jetblack wrote:

I'm the one who posted on the other thread about the Shains.
I was always told that all the Shains are related. Is there anyone is a Shain and is not a grandchild of Zeide Shimon and Bubbe Geneshe?

I answered on that thread that I'm a cousin. I was also told that all Shains are related and I've never met one who wasn't related.

amother

↑ Yellow ↓

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 9:23 pm

amother Black wrote:

Is anyone related to Chaitovsky?

Not related, but I knew Chaitovsky in EY, from the Herman mishpacha.

amother

↑ Yellow ↓

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 9:24 pm

I was in seminary with C.Shain from Monsey, who is around35 and married Ribiat.

amother

↑ Ruby ↓

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 9:31 pm

amother Yellow wrote:

I was in seminary with C.Shain from Monsey, who is around35 and married Ribiat.

I don't know her, but I'm sure we're cousins.

amother

NeonPurple

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 9:40 pm

amother DarkViolet wrote:

Anyone had a grandmother “Chana Rita”?

Hey that’s my name ☺️
Hi cousin

amother

Stoneblue ↓

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 9:40 pm

amother Ruby wrote:

I answered on that thread that I'm a cousin. I was also told that all Shains are related and I've never met one who wasn't related.

I have an uncle Shain Rosh yeshiva in Adelphia. Related?

amother

↑ Black ↓

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 9:42 pm

amother Yellow wrote:

Not related, but I knew Chaitovsky in EY, from the Herman mishpacha.

Interesting! Herman as in Shain? Do you remember their names, the chaitovskys?

amother

↑ Yellow ↓

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 9:53 pm

amother Black wrote:

Interesting! Herman as in Shain? Do you remember their names, the chaitovskys?

I believe so, I believe they are grandchildren of Rav Scheinberg ztl. Rabbi Chaitovsky I believe is a rebbi in torah ohr, his wife Aidy sold glasses... I think she is a daughter or Rebbetzin Altusky?
They lived in sanhedria murchevet.

amother

↑ DarkGray

Sun, Apr 14 2024, 10:30 pm

amother OP wrote:

Family lore is that I'm also a descendant. I don't know how

Same here also grew up with the King for a day story. We are officially descendants, however when I go into Geni it says he’s a my 12th- great-grandmothers, brothers grandson. But it could be we are still descendants from a different branch, or just cousins.

amother

↑ Ruby ↓

Mon, Apr 15 2024, 4:20 am

amother Stoneblue wrote:

I have an uncle Shain Rosh yeshiva in Adelphia. Related?

Yes, we're related to them.

amother

↑ Jasmine ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 6:40 pm

amother Yarrow wrote:

Me neither. The ones that are my family spell the name Jakobivits ending in "s".

Are you related to the girl from Washington Heights who became a police officer?

amother

↑ Cyan

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 7:05 pm

amother Jasmine wrote:

Are you related to the girl from Washington Heights who became a police officer?

I am, I think. If by girl you mean someone who is now middle aged. One of my mother's Jacobovits cousins became a police officer.

↑ Ema of 5 ↓

Thu, Apr 18 2024, 7:11 pm

Asking again, cuz I really want to find relatives. Does anyone have Brazilai relatives?