How far can you trace back

amother

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 12:21 pm

I'm curious how many ppl can say im yeshivish, my parents are yeshivish, grandparents and great grandparents. Same for Chassidish, MO, Sephardi and others.

Me personally parents are Chassidish, grandparents yeshivish/Chassidish. Husband is a mix of yeshivish and Chassidish. Great grandparents from all sides were either MO or not frum. Going back a few generations we have some Sephardi blood.

ETA forgot I have Yekkish blood too from one grandparent

amother

Teal

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 12:26 pm

(Hi there, OP of the locked thread! Thanks for giving this a more positive spin 😉)

My father is a genealogy buff and can trace branches of our family back to the 1400s.

His mother was a giyores so we can trace ourselves back to the Mayflower on that side.

My husband’s father just stam isn’t Jewish and is part Native American (Choctaw tribe).

My brother in law can trace his ancestry back to Rashi, and therefore back to David HaMelech.

We’re all equally Am Yisrael.

amother

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 12:28 pm

ShishKabob wrote:

I think this thread is in better taste than the other one.
I can trace back to the Maharal and from there back.

I did Teshuvah.

That's really cool!

amother

Ginger

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 12:31 pm

We are JPF. On one side, we can go back to Rabi Akiva Eiger. On the other, we were likely secular for a very long time, but somehow managed to keep the mesorah of being Kohanim.

amother

Mustard

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 12:40 pm

My parents are BT from russia, but became chassidish when they came to NY. But on my dads side we somehow originate from the family of the baal hatanya, not sure exactly how. And on moms side too, a great grandparent was a cousin to the family of the baal hatanya.

Paternal grandfathers family is originally from germany, but Lubavitchers.

Paternal grandmothers family I'm not sure if Lubavithers, or originally more litvish. They definitely had some foods that are not chassidish, nor Russian, but Jewish foods not sure from which kind. Maybe Lubavitch back then had those foods.

Dh's family can trace back to many ravs, including the nodah B'yehuda, and goes all the way back to Rashi, that means it goes back to dovid hamalach.

samantha87

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 1:43 pm

amother [ Chocolate ] wrote:

We are direct descendants of Baal Shem Tov and now are staunch yekkes

Go figure.

Wow! I want to meet you and discuss family trees Smile

On all sides dh and I can't go back more than 175 years, but none of us have really tried.

chanchy123

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 1:50 pm

I am a direct descendent of the GRAs brother on my mother’s side, the family tree goes way back several generations before him, and it states that there was a ktav yuchassin that went back to David Hamelech. I am 3/4 parts Litvak on my mother’s side, and 1/4 lapsed Gur chassid (my great grandfather).
On my father’s side it’s a mix of Eastern European Jews, from Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Ost Yuden German - but they weren’t really frum, so no clear derech - probably just plain frum before they became just plain Jewish.

amother

Green

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 1:55 pm

amother [ Mustard ] wrote:

Which foods are you referring to?
Honestly people back then were happy with a potato or an egg.

Wife1

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 1:58 pm

ShishKabob wrote:

I think this thread is in better taste than the other one.
I can trace back to the Maharal and from there back.

So can we😀

Ben achar Ben until me

amother

Pumpkin

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 1:58 pm

Traced back over 350 years of Jewish life in England on my fathers side. Probably originally Sephardi, but no sign of that in the family today.

Living in one country for so long means we have been able to identify a lot of different branches of the family tree. Seventh cousins, five times removed kind of thing. As far as we can tell, we are the only branch of the family who is still Jewish. It's rather sad.

amother

Orange

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 2:04 pm

amother [ Chocolate ] wrote:

We are direct descendants of Baal Shem Tov and now are staunch yekkes

Go figure.

How did that happen?

thunderstorm

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 2:08 pm

My father is a descendant of an Indian chief from an Indian tribe that were located in the Canadian region. He wore face paint and a feathered head piece and braids. The real thing.

My mother is a descendant of frum Russian Jews who lived in the same village at the same time as the Chofetz Chaim.

My FIL believes he may be a descendant of Marranos. He was actually born in Spain.

This mix of background resulted in frum children and grandchildren who are heimish/Chasidish/ JPF and MO.

My DH said that when Moshiach comes we will all know our true ancestry and there will be many surprises.

amother

Mustard

Mon, Dec 21 2020, 2:10 pm

amother [ Green ] wrote:

Which foods are you referring to?
Honestly people back then were happy with a potato or an egg.

My grandma used to make eggplant sort of like Spanish eggplant, but no Spanish or sephardi origin. Her chicken soup was a veggie chicken soup (diced veggies, always had tomatoes in them too). Her fish was without gefilte etc. She liked flavorful stuff that is not Hungarian style, and based on the foods on my maternal side, I think it's not Russian style either. But maybe yeah, maybe she's just originally from a different part of russia where those foods where common. Not sure.

My dad also used to remember there being schug at his grandparents, but maybe that was his paternal side, not sure.