Find Your Cousins For the ordinary folk

amother

Firethorn

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 11:32 am

Any Astrachan/Astrichan (however your family spells the name) family members here?

amother

Opal

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 11:32 am

Would love to ask but my maiden name is so unique that it would definitely give me away. My grandfather had no other siblings that we know of who had children.

amother

Rose

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 11:33 am

amother Blue wrote:

I'm also wondering if anyone else has a family name where everyone with that name is related.

we do. and it’s not a big family. ironically a few generations back they took the mothers last name so it’s not even our “real” last name. don’t worry the other last name is not tht common either lol

I did once find a holocaust memorial that had two names listed there with our last name and I was wondering if they were members of the family killed in the war. def wasnt siblings of grandparents. maybe a distant relative. who knows?

amother

DarkCyan

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 11:53 am

Any Monderers around here? That was my grandmother's maiden name and she only had sisters, so there aren't too many of them but I'm pretty sure they are all related. My grandmother wanted my grandfather to take on her name because my grandfather's last name was Americanized on Ellis Island so it's technically not his "real" name, but he didn't want to.

amother

Lightblue

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 12:04 pm

amother Blue wrote:

I'm also wondering if anyone else has a family name where everyone with that name is related.

My grandmother ah maiden name is Rimler and she used to say that all Rimlers are related. Any Rimlers here?

Debbie

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 12:13 pm

cbsp wrote:

I know many Cohen who aren't kohanim (or even halachically Jewish...)

I'm a daughter of a Cohen, and halachically Jewish, but one of my Cohen cousins married out and has non Jewish Cohen children.
It's sad that such a gift was lost to future generations.

amother

Currant

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 12:21 pm

amother DarkCyan wrote:

The Monderers I know are European with a couple of them now in USA

amother

Fuchsia

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 12:40 pm

amother Currant wrote:

The Monderers I know are European with a couple of them now in USA

Yes the Monderers I know both live in the UK now. Wonder if it's the same family.

amother

Chestnut

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 12:52 pm

amother Blue wrote:

I'm also wondering if anyone else has a family name where everyone with that name is related.

I do. DH told me when we got married that if someone asks are you related to those LastNames, I should know the answer is Yes, it's just a matter of how.

amother

DarkCyan

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 1:03 pm

amother Currant wrote:

The Monderers I know are European with a couple of them now in USA

Yes most are in Europe AFAIK. My grandmother was born in Belgium at the start of the war and made their way to America with her paternal grandfather and his family.

amother

Babypink

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 1:26 pm

amother DarkCyan wrote:

Yes most are in Europe AFAIK. My grandmother was born in Belgium at the start of the war and made their way to America with her paternal grandfather and his family.

Dh had a great aunt who was married to a Monderer. Sadly their whole family was killed by the Nazis.

amother

Daffodil

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 1:37 pm

Cyan, my friend Esther nemetsky is from that family. her mother Mrs ruth Neuberger aleha hashalom, was a Munk. Esther is from Midwood.

To the person who asked about Rimler- I taught with a wonderful Morah Tziporah Rimler at prospect park Yeshiva. She had daughters Tila, Soshi and Chni

amother

Lightblue

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 1:41 pm

amother Daffodil wrote:

Morah Rimler was my teacher in 8th grade. We were somehow related but never figured out how 😀

amother

Crimson

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 1:44 pm

amother Black wrote:

If you or outer space know any names, first or last, I’d be interested in knowing. Perhaps we are related!

Idk if my family are talmidei hagra but they are an old yerushalmi family. Levi,mintzberg,bergman,baharan

cbsp

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 1:57 pm

amother Daisy wrote:

Any Perels here? From kovel Poland?

We're friends with the Perel family from St. Louis (and if you're that Perel

)

amother

Currant

Thu, Apr 11 2024, 2:21 pm

amother DarkCyan wrote:

Yes most are in Europe AFAIK. My grandmother was born in Belgium at the start of the war and made their way to America with her paternal grandfather and his family.

Are you looking to connect in real life?