Sunday, November 29, 2009
THE TIMELINE OF JEWS
IN RELATION TO US Q’S
IN RELATION TO US Q’S
Nadene Goldfoot
With the discovery of DNA and the ability to figure what haplogroup we all belong to, we can now find out how far back in time our roots go in this time period of homo sapiens on earth. For instance, my Jewish family’s Ydna haplogroup of Q1b’s goes back 1,000 years to a common ancestor in and around the Altai Mountain range in Russia/Siberia/Mongolia/and parts of Turkey to a Turkish type of people. In fact, we’re distantly connected to Native Americans who are Q3's. They had separated from us a long time ago and wound up entering North America in their wanderings. To the surprise of some, we only constitute 5 % of the Jewish population. It is thought that we were of a tribe that was part of Khazaria. Though we entered Eastern Europe in Poland, Lithuania, Russia, etc, we were a very small minority of the Jews.
My interest in history has deepened. What was happening in those days? Where do we Jewish people fit in? How far back do we go?
Abraham was the father of Judaism. It was his descendants who wandered into Egypt and wound up having to remain there for 400 years. Abraham was born in the year 1948 or as we understand it, 1800 BCE.-before the common era. He was the son of Terach, an idol merchant. So even in the beginning we were merchants and not farmers. This was in Ur, which is in present day Iraq.
Joseph was his descendant that marked the period of the Exodus’s beginning. This has been dated to have happened during the Hyksos domination of Egypt in the 18th to 16th centuries BCE. I remember that Joseph was sold into slavery. Slavery was common in those days, so naturally our dna should reflect this. As it is today, probably slave owners took liberties with their female slaves and children were born.
The Hyksos were a semitic people who had taken over Egypt. Their names were similar to Hebrew. Remains have been uncovered in Palestine. They ruled in Egypt 1720-1580 BCE. During this time it is said the Hebrews entered Egypt. Bondage of Hebrews began after the Hyksos were expulsed. The name is Egyptian meaning "rulers of the foreign lands."
In the beginning there weren’t many people on this planet. Moses left Egypt with 600,00 slaves; Jewish ones and others that had been kept against their will. That’s about the size of Portland and Gresham, Oregon which would make about 617,191 people.. This happened in the year 2,368 or as we know it, 1400 BCE. Moses was the son of Amram of the tribe of Levi. His mother was Yocheved, Levi’s daughter. The Egyptian princess who adopted him named him Menios, and the Hebrew translation is Moshe, so we call him Moses.
They were the tomb builders, the pyramid workers. This was the nastiest of jobs, perfect for slavery. They didn’t even get a chance to nibble food such as field workers would. It was mix mud and straw to make bricks, and tote those rocks, bend and carry all the time. They worked every day without any rest. The religion of the Egyptians demanded that this task be done.
There was Moses, happily living a great life in the desert with his family, the only thought in his mind was the welfare of his sheep. Then one day, probably as he was walking in the morning, he heard a voice telling him to go back to Egypt and bring out the Jewish slaves that had been incarcerated there for about 400 years. He alone could do it. He had the Pharoah’s ear and knew how to argue, even though he stuttered. The poor man was already 80 years old and rather out of shape to be trecking back to Egypt in the hot sun.
The Egyptians were devestated when Moses actually carried out his threat and led out their workers. There was no one left to continue the tasks. The peasants that were native Egyptians had other important tasks to work on; baking, farming, clothing workers, etc. Their life as they knew it had come to a halt.
Can you imagine looking out at such a sea of people and traveling for 40 years with them? One wonders how they did it. What did they eat? They missed the food they were used to as slaves. Now on the march they were depending on something left on the ground in the morning called "manna" which sounds to me like some sort of mushroom that was left there and would disappear with the rising sun. They were told that if they picked more than one loaf, it would rot, and it did. It was full of vitamins, however, and kept them going. But one thing we can count on is that these 600,000 were as thin as can be. There were no fatties in the group. I just hope that this "manna" had an appetite appeaser in it so that they weren’t constantly hungry.
How was Moses receiving all these instructions? It sounded like the words were amplified into bushes by an outside force. Was Moses the only one who heard these conversations? I could swear that some UFO was up in the sky leading them onwards from the descriptions. He was educated and could read and write, so he constantly wrote what came to be known as the "Five Books of Moses", which is our Torah. All the other people were slaves and were uneducated.
The world’s population hadn’t had a chance to multiply much in those days. Between bottlenecks killing off groups such as earthquakes, volcanoes, slaughter of baby boys and starvation, it was growing slowly. Because of the small numbers, viruses were kept in check and hadn’t really had a chance to develop as they do in dense populations like ours today. People could live very long lives. Moses was destined to live for 120 years. His brother, Aaron, lived a little longer. He never made it to his new homeland with all his 600,000 people, but almost did. He had lost his temper along the way and his punishment was not to enter the homeland. That was an occasion of getting high blood presssure, no doubt. Trying to handle 600,000 was of course stressful. He picked Joshua to lead the people there. He was much younger and physically fit.
All this happened about 3,409 years ago. Our haplogroup came on the scene about 2,409 years after Judaism’s beginnings. Our dna is not the more widely seen J1 or E haplogroup of Jewish people of the area of the Middle East. We are indeed different.
However, the people who converted to Judaism were exposed to Judaism by Jews from the Middle East, and who is not to say that there could have been some romancing and intermarriage going on between them and the royal dynasty? Some of us could be carrying a few genes of intermixing from that period. Then again, we eventually mingled with the Jews of Europe and no doubt there was more intermixing of dna. We had at least 40 generations of mixing and mingling of dna to deal with to pick up a few more genes from J1.
What we have learned is that there was very little mixing of the population they were living amongst of the gentiles. It was against the law for them to marry us and the same for us in our religious views to marry gentiles. This kept us with the same dna for such a long period of time that we are now a most interesting case study for geneticists.
Labels: DNA haplogroups, Jews, timeline
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Goldfoot Origins: Altai Mountains
The range extends about 1,200 mi (2,000 km) in a southeast-northwest direction from the Gobi Desert to the West Siberian Plain, through parts of China, Mongolia, Russia, and Kazakhstan. The highest point is the Russian peak Belukha, 14,783 ft (4,506 m) in elevation. The mountains are the source of the Irtysh and Ob rivers and are notable for their mining and hydroelectrical potential.
The name "Altay" (or "Altai") comes from Mongolian "Altan", which means "golden". Altay mountains are truly one of the nature's most marvelous gems, amazing by its diversity and beauty.
The Altay ecoregion covers vast 845,000 square kilometer area at the junction of four countries: Russia (largest part), Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China. Novosibirsk, the city through which the Trans-Siberian route goes, is about 600 km far, which is very not far for Siberian scales. Altay is a land where myths and legends are incarnated into reality. It's one of those rare corners on the Earth where Nature decided to show everything it was capable of. Broad and boundless views of steppes, luxuriant varieties of taiga thickets, modest charm of deserts, severe splendor of snowy peaks, laconic beauty of tundra - the diversity of landscapes here is so rich, it is as if you are turning over pages of a geographical atlas!Highlights.Three major factors make Altay mountains a recreational domain of great value: amazing natural diversity (various landscapes, climates, abundance of wildlife); thin population, historically nomadic (Mongolian and Kazakh ethnos), who have a very natural way of life; and remoteness from any industries (the region lives only for tourism and agriculture). All this has ensured that Altay region stayed untouched by
industrial development and is still a very natural place. Besides, such diversity makes it possible to involve in almost any possible activity: from rafting to trekking, from speleo to skiing.Stretching for nearly 2000 km from north-west to south-east, Altai mountains form a natural border between the arid steppes of Mongolia and the rich taiga of Southern Siberia. Both climatic zones create the landscapes of striking diversity, ranging from the Mongolia-like steppes (at the area of Kosh-Agach village, south east) to those of the Swiss Alps (along Chuysky Trakt).
During the Soviet times, Altay was a mecca for adventure tourism, especially rafting. Altai mountains have a lot of rivers, Katun, Biya, and Chuya being the longest of them. There are also myriads of smaller mountain rivers that are fed by Altay's glaciers. Along all these rivers there's a lot of places for recreation and fishing. You can easily put a tent anywhere you want.Altay's Nature.
The wildlife vary from big mammals (bear, lynx, glutton, Siberian stag, even reindeer and snow leopard above the tree line) to small birds (230 species) and fishes (20 species - umber, loach, white fish among them). Many species and plants are really unique.Camel and yak are a good Mongolian touch to the picture of the Russian Altai. Another, and very pleasing touch is no mosquitoes and such-like making life miserable in Northern Siberia.
Reference: http://www.waytorussia.net/Siberia/Altai/Altai.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/17446/Altai-Mountains
The name "Altay" (or "Altai") comes from Mongolian "Altan", which means "golden". Altay mountains are truly one of the nature's most marvelous gems, amazing by its diversity and beauty.
The Altay ecoregion covers vast 845,000 square kilometer area at the junction of four countries: Russia (largest part), Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China. Novosibirsk, the city through which the Trans-Siberian route goes, is about 600 km far, which is very not far for Siberian scales. Altay is a land where myths and legends are incarnated into reality. It's one of those rare corners on the Earth where Nature decided to show everything it was capable of. Broad and boundless views of steppes, luxuriant varieties of taiga thickets, modest charm of deserts, severe splendor of snowy peaks, laconic beauty of tundra - the diversity of landscapes here is so rich, it is as if you are turning over pages of a geographical atlas!Highlights.Three major factors make Altay mountains a recreational domain of great value: amazing natural diversity (various landscapes, climates, abundance of wildlife); thin population, historically nomadic (Mongolian and Kazakh ethnos), who have a very natural way of life; and remoteness from any industries (the region lives only for tourism and agriculture). All this has ensured that Altay region stayed untouched by
industrial development and is still a very natural place. Besides, such diversity makes it possible to involve in almost any possible activity: from rafting to trekking, from speleo to skiing.Stretching for nearly 2000 km from north-west to south-east, Altai mountains form a natural border between the arid steppes of Mongolia and the rich taiga of Southern Siberia. Both climatic zones create the landscapes of striking diversity, ranging from the Mongolia-like steppes (at the area of Kosh-Agach village, south east) to those of the Swiss Alps (along Chuysky Trakt).
During the Soviet times, Altay was a mecca for adventure tourism, especially rafting. Altai mountains have a lot of rivers, Katun, Biya, and Chuya being the longest of them. There are also myriads of smaller mountain rivers that are fed by Altay's glaciers. Along all these rivers there's a lot of places for recreation and fishing. You can easily put a tent anywhere you want.Altay's Nature.
The wildlife vary from big mammals (bear, lynx, glutton, Siberian stag, even reindeer and snow leopard above the tree line) to small birds (230 species) and fishes (20 species - umber, loach, white fish among them). Many species and plants are really unique.Camel and yak are a good Mongolian touch to the picture of the Russian Altai. Another, and very pleasing touch is no mosquitoes and such-like making life miserable in Northern Siberia.
Reference: http://www.waytorussia.net/Siberia/Altai/Altai.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/17446/Altai-Mountains
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Story of Jewish People and Where They Came From, and Where Do the Goldfoots Fit In?
Ellen Levy-Coffman wrote a 21 page report called :
A MOSAIC OF PEOPLE; THE JEWISH STORY AND A REASSESSMENT OF THE DNA EVIDENCE. (Go to http://www.jogg.info/11/coffman.htm )
Our story is thus: the male line or Ydna shows we belong to Q1b haplogroup originating in the Altai Mountains which would be Siberia, Mongolia, Russia, parts of Turkey. This is referred to as "Central Asia." Some historians say this is mainly ancestry from the Khazars, an ancient tribal people who converted to Judaism in the 8th century. Their Royal House converted and it was an empire in the middle of the Muslims and Christians as well as their own tribal religion, so was a surprise to many. They did not cause their subjects to convert. It was a choice left open.
Our female line or mtDNA shows we belong to the W haplogroup originating according to "Shen" in 2004 of less certain origins because it is difficult to say if we represent the original gene pool of the Jewish founders or are due to an admixture with European populations. Nevertheless, we are in the mix of 30% of Ashkenazim mtDNA. We W's have been found to come from the N1 haplogroup and we populate about 10% of the Jewish females in Eastern Europe. Breaking off from N1 happened at least 2,000 years ago. N1's came from Western and Central Asia according to a more recent paper.
Our grandparents who carried these genes actually met in Council, Idaho, so the similarity that they were both from Poland and probably their hometowns had been a part of Lithuania was coincidental and helpful, being they most likely spoke the same language. It helped to cause "Love at first sight." I'd say that they were both very lucky to meet each other.
A MOSAIC OF PEOPLE; THE JEWISH STORY AND A REASSESSMENT OF THE DNA EVIDENCE. (Go to http://www.jogg.info/11/coffman.htm )
Our story is thus: the male line or Ydna shows we belong to Q1b haplogroup originating in the Altai Mountains which would be Siberia, Mongolia, Russia, parts of Turkey. This is referred to as "Central Asia." Some historians say this is mainly ancestry from the Khazars, an ancient tribal people who converted to Judaism in the 8th century. Their Royal House converted and it was an empire in the middle of the Muslims and Christians as well as their own tribal religion, so was a surprise to many. They did not cause their subjects to convert. It was a choice left open.
Our female line or mtDNA shows we belong to the W haplogroup originating according to "Shen" in 2004 of less certain origins because it is difficult to say if we represent the original gene pool of the Jewish founders or are due to an admixture with European populations. Nevertheless, we are in the mix of 30% of Ashkenazim mtDNA. We W's have been found to come from the N1 haplogroup and we populate about 10% of the Jewish females in Eastern Europe. Breaking off from N1 happened at least 2,000 years ago. N1's came from Western and Central Asia according to a more recent paper.
Our grandparents who carried these genes actually met in Council, Idaho, so the similarity that they were both from Poland and probably their hometowns had been a part of Lithuania was coincidental and helpful, being they most likely spoke the same language. It helped to cause "Love at first sight." I'd say that they were both very lucky to meet each other.
THE START OF JUDASIM
The Israelite Kingdom started in the 11th century BCE between modern-day Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. It started with Abraham and Sarah leaving the land of Ur with a handful of relatives and workers. Before that was the Bronze Age. They went into the land of Canaan, populated by a Western Semitic people consisting of a diverse ethno-cultural mix. Among groups met by our first Jewish people were the Amorites, Hittites, Hurrians, Amalekites (a hateful people that Haman is said to have come from), and Philistines or Sea People.
The Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the 2nd Temple in 70CE and scattered the Israelite people from their homeland. Many were taken as slaves to Rome and its colonies. This is seen as starting the Jewish diaspora.
By the 2nd century BCE, Jews were establishing communities in Rome. By the 1st century CE there were as many ass 50,000 Jews in and around Rome. Most were poor Greek-speakers, looked down upon because they were poor or were slaves. Even though many gained their freedom eventually, they continued to live in and around Rome. Rome is also where the ghetto was created, used, and where the word comes from.
By the 1st century, Jews had spread to a number of places in the world, starting the Ashkenazi Jewish community. They began to migrate north of the Alps, most likely from Italy.
By 600 CE, Jews were in many parts of Europe. There were small settlements in Germany, France and Spain. There were also small Jewish settlements along the Black Sea in the east as well as larger communities in Greece and the Balkans.
Finally, by the 12th and 13th centuries CE, Jews were being expelled from many countries of Western Europe. However, they were granted charters to settle in Poland and Lithuania. This may be when both our grandparents's ancestors entered the area. Now the Askenazi Jewish population expanded rapidly in Eastern Europe, growing from a possible 15,000-25,000 people from the 13th to 15th centuries to 2 million by 1800. By 1939 there were 8 million Jews in Europe.
HOW THE KHAZARS ENTERED EUROPE-POLAND-LITHUANIA
The Khazar empire was between the Black and Caspian Seas between the Caucasus Mountains and the Volga River. This is today's Russian Ukraine. In 740 CE, the king converted to Judaism. The then Jewish Khazars ruled their kingdom until the 12th to 13th century and their empire dissolved. They are described as people of Turkish stock. these people spoke a Turkish dialect similar to the language of today's Chuvash Soviet Republic people, but their ethnic origins is still debated. Many many Eurasian tribes who were driven West by the Chinese were called "Turks". "Khazar" may come from the turkish root-"gaz", meaning to wander or nomad.
Khazars have been described with fair complexions, blue eyes, long hair rather reddish, with large bodies. They appeared "wild". This was from an Armenian writer. From an Arab writer the description was that they did not look like the Turks. They have black hair. (Whatever did the Turks look like, then?) There were said to be two kinds; blacks who were swarthy like a kind of Indian and a white kind, very handsome. Now Turkish people refered to the ruling classes as white and the lower clans as black, so we really are not sure, but this was from an Arab.
Whatever, Khazars were seen in Europe around the middle of the 5th century, in the Hun's territory and rules. The Khazars seemed to enter and mix in with Europe's Jewish communities. They make up only 5% of the total Jewish population of today.
Labels: DNA test, Khazars, mtDNA W, Ydna Q1b
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Story of How We Came To Be Us
You'd think that the first Adam and Eve would have been happy eating fruits and veggies in their garden, but oh no, they may have been meat eaters. At least Neanderthal was.
We separated from apes 6 million years ago. 50,000 years ago there were four different kinds of sub-humans.
1,300,000 years ago homo erectus left Africa. Their bodies were similar to ours. An 8 year old boy's skeleton was found in Belgium. He was not an ape and was built more like a human. 20,000 years ago was the ice age with people living in caves and painting in them. We came along about 25,000 years ago. No wonder we invented clothing.
We came from 600 homo sapiens and spread out all over the world. We pushed out Neanderthal who had been around for about 300,000 years. We were able to do that because though they had been around for so long, they never stopped eating just meat. Their brains had never developed to our capacity. They couldn't get past the close fighting dagger, and had not developed the bow and arrow and long distance throwing spears. They ate themselves out of life as it took a lot of meat for their short squatty bodies with bigger brains than ours. They looked different from us in that they had a low elongated skull. You have to give them credit, though. They hung around for 400,000 years, and vanished about 25,000 years ago when we appeared. We've just started. I hope we don't destroy ourselves.
The climate changed 200,000 years ago. It became desert-like and ice-like. Neanderthal couldn't handle or adapt. We did.
Having 600 people in the beginning is called a bottle neck. There may have been more but 600 survived and that's who we stem from. Africa had become uninhabitable and people found refuge along the coast and in the highlands. Homo sapiens came out of Africa while the Neanderthal had already left and gone to Europe. The fox P2 gene has been found in Neanderthal giving him a chance to speak. Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens had a common ancestor with this gene. Scientists say there is no clear evidence of Neanderthal and us interbreeding, but I wonder sometimes.
So out of the 600 from a bottleneck we Jews sprouted from four Jewish females from another bottleneck and survived.
Now I think it's quite possible that we humans can cause our own bottleneck by using atomic weapons to destroy each other. Iran gives me cause to worry. They are not adapting to the modern period but are trying to remain in the status quo; something like old Neanderthal.
Reference: www.PBS.org 4 part series on being human.
We separated from apes 6 million years ago. 50,000 years ago there were four different kinds of sub-humans.
1,300,000 years ago homo erectus left Africa. Their bodies were similar to ours. An 8 year old boy's skeleton was found in Belgium. He was not an ape and was built more like a human. 20,000 years ago was the ice age with people living in caves and painting in them. We came along about 25,000 years ago. No wonder we invented clothing.
We came from 600 homo sapiens and spread out all over the world. We pushed out Neanderthal who had been around for about 300,000 years. We were able to do that because though they had been around for so long, they never stopped eating just meat. Their brains had never developed to our capacity. They couldn't get past the close fighting dagger, and had not developed the bow and arrow and long distance throwing spears. They ate themselves out of life as it took a lot of meat for their short squatty bodies with bigger brains than ours. They looked different from us in that they had a low elongated skull. You have to give them credit, though. They hung around for 400,000 years, and vanished about 25,000 years ago when we appeared. We've just started. I hope we don't destroy ourselves.
The climate changed 200,000 years ago. It became desert-like and ice-like. Neanderthal couldn't handle or adapt. We did.
Having 600 people in the beginning is called a bottle neck. There may have been more but 600 survived and that's who we stem from. Africa had become uninhabitable and people found refuge along the coast and in the highlands. Homo sapiens came out of Africa while the Neanderthal had already left and gone to Europe. The fox P2 gene has been found in Neanderthal giving him a chance to speak. Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens had a common ancestor with this gene. Scientists say there is no clear evidence of Neanderthal and us interbreeding, but I wonder sometimes.
So out of the 600 from a bottleneck we Jews sprouted from four Jewish females from another bottleneck and survived.
Now I think it's quite possible that we humans can cause our own bottleneck by using atomic weapons to destroy each other. Iran gives me cause to worry. They are not adapting to the modern period but are trying to remain in the status quo; something like old Neanderthal.
Reference: www.PBS.org 4 part series on being human.
Telsiai, Lithuania, Home of Goldfoots
The surname "Goldfus" is Polish Jewish. Lithuania was taken over by Poland at one time.
Is our dna of Q1b similar to present day Turkish speakers who could be likely descendants of Khazaria? We're supposed to be part of the Ashina Royal Dynasty of Khazaria. Usually Jewish people have different dna from their surrounding communities, but in this case the Royal family converted to Judaism.
Jews were carried off to Rome from their homeland in Israel before 70AD. DNA haplogroups J and E are the most common found in Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. It doesn't differ much from the Jews still living in Rome. Q1b's are only 5% of the population of Jews in the world.
We find Zhazaria headed by exilarchs and Gaons of Babylonia where they were carried off as slaves earlier. The Royal House and ruling classes of the Ashina Royal Dynasty accepted Judaism in the year 740AD. By the 9th and 10th centuries the Khazars had come into their power.
Lithuanian Jews came from Babylonia originally and in the 9th and 10th century CE from Khazaria. That's who founded Kiev in 865. Then they lost the land in 969 AD to the Russian Princes.
Many of the Goldfoot clan are said to have come from Telsiai which is referred to as Telz in Lithuania. It was known for the quality of scholarship. Jewish ethics was emphasized. That's where they developed logical analytical skills.
Stanley Goldfoot mentioned to me that the Vilna Gaon was on our tree. He was a man born in 1720 in Silitsa, Lithuania which was near Grodno. He married Hannah, the daughter of Rabbi Judah of Kedainai. It seems like everyone is claiming this man to be on their tree. He was very famous.
Is our dna of Q1b similar to present day Turkish speakers who could be likely descendants of Khazaria? We're supposed to be part of the Ashina Royal Dynasty of Khazaria. Usually Jewish people have different dna from their surrounding communities, but in this case the Royal family converted to Judaism.
Jews were carried off to Rome from their homeland in Israel before 70AD. DNA haplogroups J and E are the most common found in Ashkenazi Jews in Europe. It doesn't differ much from the Jews still living in Rome. Q1b's are only 5% of the population of Jews in the world.
We find Zhazaria headed by exilarchs and Gaons of Babylonia where they were carried off as slaves earlier. The Royal House and ruling classes of the Ashina Royal Dynasty accepted Judaism in the year 740AD. By the 9th and 10th centuries the Khazars had come into their power.
Lithuanian Jews came from Babylonia originally and in the 9th and 10th century CE from Khazaria. That's who founded Kiev in 865. Then they lost the land in 969 AD to the Russian Princes.
Many of the Goldfoot clan are said to have come from Telsiai which is referred to as Telz in Lithuania. It was known for the quality of scholarship. Jewish ethics was emphasized. That's where they developed logical analytical skills.
Stanley Goldfoot mentioned to me that the Vilna Gaon was on our tree. He was a man born in 1720 in Silitsa, Lithuania which was near Grodno. He married Hannah, the daughter of Rabbi Judah of Kedainai. It seems like everyone is claiming this man to be on their tree. He was very famous.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Left Handed Goldfoots
My brother and I are left-handed. So is our cousin, another Goldfoot, son of our father's brother. His daughter is also left handed, so she is a 1st cousin once removed. On the other Goldfoot tree, I have learned that Norman Goldfoot was left-handed. He was the son of Louis Goldfoot, whose grandfather was also a Chaim Goldfoot. Louis and Norman lived in South Africa. The question I have is: Is this in our genes? Our parents were both right-handed.
Genetics
The role genetics may play in handedness is not clear. It is possible, common, and normal for two right-handed parents to have a left-handed child, and for two left-handed parents to have a right-handed child. Some families do seem to have more lefties than others, but the meaning of this is elusive.
About our health: However, a new study, conducted in the United Kingdom, suggests that left-handers may be a tiny bit more vulnerable than righties to certain diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis, ulcerative colitis and Crone’s disease. Nothing in the study indicates why this may be true. It’s not likely something we need to worry about.
From Wikipedia:
Hand orientation is developed in fetuses, most commonly determined by observing which hand is predominantly held close to the mouth.
In 2007, researchers discovered LRRTM1, the first gene linked to increased odds of being left-handed.
Testosterone: Exposure to higher rates of testosterone before birth can lead to a left-handed child This is the Geschwind theory, named after the neurologist who proposed it, Norman Geschwind. It suggests that variations in levels of testosterone during pregnancy shape the development of the fetal brain. Testosterone suppresses the growth of the left cerebral hemisphere and so more neurons migrate to the right hemisphere. The highly developed right hemisphere is now better suited to function as the center of language and handedness. The fetus is more likely to become left-handed, since the right hemisphere controls the left half of the body. The theory goes on to tie the exposure to higher levels of testosterone and the resultant right-hemisphere dominance to auto-immune disorders, learning disorders, dyslexia, and stuttering, as well as increased spatial ability.
We have famous lefties. Presidents were Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama. Others include Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Kings George II, VI, Charles, and William. Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Olmert are lefties. My favorites Jay Leno and Shirley MacLain are even lefties. Creative people are in the left category. We may be a minority and have been ridiculed throughout the centuries with "left" being a negative word, but we have made our mark.
Left Handed Day is coming on August 13, 2009. See http://www.lefthandersday.com/tour5.html
Reference: http://www.left-hand.org/
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html for list of famous people
Genetics
The role genetics may play in handedness is not clear. It is possible, common, and normal for two right-handed parents to have a left-handed child, and for two left-handed parents to have a right-handed child. Some families do seem to have more lefties than others, but the meaning of this is elusive.
About our health: However, a new study, conducted in the United Kingdom, suggests that left-handers may be a tiny bit more vulnerable than righties to certain diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis, ulcerative colitis and Crone’s disease. Nothing in the study indicates why this may be true. It’s not likely something we need to worry about.
From Wikipedia:
Hand orientation is developed in fetuses, most commonly determined by observing which hand is predominantly held close to the mouth.
In 2007, researchers discovered LRRTM1, the first gene linked to increased odds of being left-handed.
Testosterone: Exposure to higher rates of testosterone before birth can lead to a left-handed child This is the Geschwind theory, named after the neurologist who proposed it, Norman Geschwind. It suggests that variations in levels of testosterone during pregnancy shape the development of the fetal brain. Testosterone suppresses the growth of the left cerebral hemisphere and so more neurons migrate to the right hemisphere. The highly developed right hemisphere is now better suited to function as the center of language and handedness. The fetus is more likely to become left-handed, since the right hemisphere controls the left half of the body. The theory goes on to tie the exposure to higher levels of testosterone and the resultant right-hemisphere dominance to auto-immune disorders, learning disorders, dyslexia, and stuttering, as well as increased spatial ability.
We have famous lefties. Presidents were Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama. Others include Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Kings George II, VI, Charles, and William. Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Olmert are lefties. My favorites Jay Leno and Shirley MacLain are even lefties. Creative people are in the left category. We may be a minority and have been ridiculed throughout the centuries with "left" being a negative word, but we have made our mark.
Left Handed Day is coming on August 13, 2009. See http://www.lefthandersday.com/tour5.html
Reference: http://www.left-hand.org/
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html for list of famous people
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Insight Into mtDNA of Jermulowske's W-Update
N2 is the mother of us-W is a branch off of it that we happen to belong to. N1 is its sister.
I thought we had originated from N1 but I was wrong.
N1a: N1a is traceable in inhabitants of Eurasia, particularly those of Iran and some Indian territories. The haplogroup's representation is limited to the flat, barren steppe of western and central Asia.
N1b: The peoples of the Near and Middle East regions of Asia can be found among N1b's progeny. Scientists have linked this haplogroup specifically with the Jewish Ashkenazi peoples. The point is, these events (splitting of N to N1, then N1 to W, N1a, N1b) happened tens of thousands of years ago, at a time when (scientifically) there was no differentiation of peoples into modern ethnic groups. The particular N1b motif among the Ashkenazi are laid to a founder event about 2000 years ago. This is interpreted to mean that half of the Ashkenazi are descended from a very small group of women from the Near East of four mtdna haplotypes who migrated to central Europe about 2,000 years ago.
Where we fit on the tree of W:
Wilvaja
Tree Position: Wx 16145 16066 16129.
HVR1 Values: 16066G 16129A 16145A 16223T 16292T 16519C. Cannot be placed.
Origin: Slovenia.
Mother: Wilvaha.
Crosslink: SIJAN2. HVR1: 16066G 16129A 16145A 16223T 16292T. CITY: Ljubljana. COUNTRY: Slovenia. LATITUDE: 46.06. LONGITUDE: 14.51. TESTEDWITH: Homo sapiens isolate 260 from Balkans, mitochondri. SOURCE: Harvey 2000.
12/1/09: from W website- The other interesting feature is that the sequence is W1, belonging to the 16320 sub branch. The 16320 sub branch appears to have two main branches, one centred around Poland and the other in Iberia.Paper here:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/167/
Reference: http://www.thecid.com/w/wilvaja.htm
I thought we had originated from N1 but I was wrong.
N1a: N1a is traceable in inhabitants of Eurasia, particularly those of Iran and some Indian territories. The haplogroup's representation is limited to the flat, barren steppe of western and central Asia.
N1b: The peoples of the Near and Middle East regions of Asia can be found among N1b's progeny. Scientists have linked this haplogroup specifically with the Jewish Ashkenazi peoples. The point is, these events (splitting of N to N1, then N1 to W, N1a, N1b) happened tens of thousands of years ago, at a time when (scientifically) there was no differentiation of peoples into modern ethnic groups. The particular N1b motif among the Ashkenazi are laid to a founder event about 2000 years ago. This is interpreted to mean that half of the Ashkenazi are descended from a very small group of women from the Near East of four mtdna haplotypes who migrated to central Europe about 2,000 years ago.
We have matches: 6 Ashkenazi from the Russian Federation, 3 Ashkenazi from Lithuania, 1 Ashkenazi from Hungary, 1 Ashkenazi from Belarus and 2 Ashkenazi from Ukraine. -as of 3/1/10
Where we fit on the tree of W:
Wilvaja
Tree Position: Wx 16145 16066 16129.
HVR1 Values: 16066G 16129A 16145A 16223T 16292T 16519C. Cannot be placed.
Origin: Slovenia.
Mother: Wilvaha.
Crosslink: SIJAN2. HVR1: 16066G 16129A 16145A 16223T 16292T. CITY: Ljubljana. COUNTRY: Slovenia. LATITUDE: 46.06. LONGITUDE: 14.51. TESTEDWITH: Homo sapiens isolate 260 from Balkans, mitochondri. SOURCE: Harvey 2000.
12/1/09: from W website- The other interesting feature is that the sequence is W1, belonging to the 16320 sub branch. The 16320 sub branch appears to have two main branches, one centred around Poland and the other in Iberia.Paper here:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/167/
Reference: http://www.thecid.com/w/wilvaja.htm
Labels: : W for Jermulowske, mtDNA
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Female W Haplogroup From N2
I had to check out Haplogroup N on Wikipedia, which is a source that comes up about it.
A- Found in some Amerindians, Japanese, and Koreans
I- 10% frequency in Northern, Eastern Europe
S- Some Australian aborigines
W- Some Eastern Europeans, South Asians, and southern East Asians
X- Some Amerindians, Southern Siberians, Southwest Asians, and Southern Europeans
Y- Ainus and Nivkhs; 1% in Southern Siberia
R- Large group found within the N type.Populations contained therein can be divided geographically into West Eurasia and East Eurasia. Almost all European populations and a large number of Middle-Eastern population today are contained within this branch. A smaller percentage is contained in other N type groups (See above). Below are subclades of R:
B- Some Chinese, Tibetans, Mongolians, Central Asians, Koreans, Amerindians, South Siberians, Japanese, Austronesians
F- Mainly found in southeastern Asia, especially Vietnam; 8.3% in Hvar Island in Croatia.[5]
R0- Found in Arabia and among Ethiopians and Somalis; branch HV (branch H; branch V)- Europe, Western Asia, North Africa;
Pre-JT- Arose in the Levant (modern Lebanon area), found in 25% frequency in Bedouin poupulations; branch JT (branch J; branch T)- North, Eastern Europe, Indus, Mediterranean
U- High frequency in Scandinavia, Baltic countries, Mediterranean
N1a has also been detected in Southern Siberia and was found in a 2,500-year-old Scytho-Siberian burial in the Altai region.
W came from N:
W appears in the western Ural Mountains and the eastern Baltic area, though it is also found in India.
Wilma, the first member of the W haplogroup, was born between 49,000 and 26,800 years ago in what is now northwest India or northern Pakistan. In the same area and in the same time periods women of the U7 and R2 haplogroups were born as well.
By between 40,700 and 23,300 years ago, these people were distributed in a band across southwest Asia, from Anatolia to northern India . By a third route, through the valleys of Kashmir, a small group of W people reached central Asia between 36,000 and 19,100 years ago.
With the onset of the last glacial maximum, the area became extremely arid and the mountains blocked by glaciers. There are indications that the W-U7-R2 people were broken into two groups, separated by an arid desert that stretched from the Indian Ocean up to the glacier-bound Asian mountains. These tribes managed to survive in two areas of 'glacial refuge' . A similar refuge has been proposed in Spain for the ancestors of the H and V haplogroups that dominate in Western Europe.
After the glaciers receded and the deserts retreated 14,000 years ago, the way was clear for the expansion of modern humans from their ice age prisons. Wilma's descendants entered Europe through the Balkans, spreading in several directions. One lineage with a distinctive mutation at letter 119 in HVR2 settled in what is now France. Descendants of a woman with a change at letter 16362 of HVR1 spread from Central through Northern Europe and then to the British Isles. Lineages with very little change from their Wilman ancestor settled in sparsely-populated Finland and Scandinavia. But everywhere in Europe there were also other W lineages that shared ancestors with cousins still living in India, Pakistan, and Iran.
W: Haplogroup W is a "daughter" of N and a "sister" of R, I, X, & A.FTDNA's DNA Testing Discussion Forum - Haplogroup W ThreadMary Zucker's mtDNA Haplogroup W Project (from Wikipedia)
It looks to me as I look at the mt-DNA Human Migration map on Kerchner's website that our female came out of Africa as an L3 70 thousand years ago and went north to become N for just a little while, which was 50 thousand years ago. Then is branched, continuing on northward as an I and a W 20 thousand years ago and I 15 thousand years ago. So our beginnings were at least 20,000 years ago. Considering that the last ice age was about 10,000 years ago, we've lived through a lot. Now don't get excited. Moses came along only about what? 5769 years ago? So people have been around for quite a spell.
My mother's line is H. They have their beginnings 30,000 years ago into Europe. It looks like they branched off of R which goes back 50,000 years.
The test for females shows the differences from the CRC. differences between your code and that of a lady who happened to be sequenced in Cambridge, England, in the 1990's. She was actually a member of haplogroup H, the most common in Europe. Our differences making us W in the basic test are: 16145A, 16223T, 16265G, 16519C.
The other interesting feature is that the sequence is W1, belonging to the 16320 sub branch. The 16320 sub branch appears to have two main branches, one centred around Poland and the other in Iberia. (from My Family W) only part I understood, sort of.
Reference: www.kerchner.com/haplogroups_mtdna.htm
http://www.kerchner.com/images/dna/mtdna_migrationmap_(FTDNA2006).jpg
http://www.thecid.com/w/when.htm
Abraham's children-race, identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People by Jon Entine
The N type consists of:
A- Found in some Amerindians, Japanese, and Koreans
I- 10% frequency in Northern, Eastern Europe
S- Some Australian aborigines
W- Some Eastern Europeans, South Asians, and southern East Asians
X- Some Amerindians, Southern Siberians, Southwest Asians, and Southern Europeans
Y- Ainus and Nivkhs; 1% in Southern Siberia
R- Large group found within the N type.Populations contained therein can be divided geographically into West Eurasia and East Eurasia. Almost all European populations and a large number of Middle-Eastern population today are contained within this branch. A smaller percentage is contained in other N type groups (See above). Below are subclades of R:
B- Some Chinese, Tibetans, Mongolians, Central Asians, Koreans, Amerindians, South Siberians, Japanese, Austronesians
F- Mainly found in southeastern Asia, especially Vietnam; 8.3% in Hvar Island in Croatia.[5]
R0- Found in Arabia and among Ethiopians and Somalis; branch HV (branch H; branch V)- Europe, Western Asia, North Africa;
Pre-JT- Arose in the Levant (modern Lebanon area), found in 25% frequency in Bedouin poupulations; branch JT (branch J; branch T)- North, Eastern Europe, Indus, Mediterranean
U- High frequency in Scandinavia, Baltic countries, Mediterranean
N1a has also been detected in Southern Siberia and was found in a 2,500-year-old Scytho-Siberian burial in the Altai region.
W came from N:
W appears in the western Ural Mountains and the eastern Baltic area, though it is also found in India.
Wilma, the first member of the W haplogroup, was born between 49,000 and 26,800 years ago in what is now northwest India or northern Pakistan. In the same area and in the same time periods women of the U7 and R2 haplogroups were born as well.
By between 40,700 and 23,300 years ago, these people were distributed in a band across southwest Asia, from Anatolia to northern India . By a third route, through the valleys of Kashmir, a small group of W people reached central Asia between 36,000 and 19,100 years ago.
With the onset of the last glacial maximum, the area became extremely arid and the mountains blocked by glaciers. There are indications that the W-U7-R2 people were broken into two groups, separated by an arid desert that stretched from the Indian Ocean up to the glacier-bound Asian mountains. These tribes managed to survive in two areas of 'glacial refuge' . A similar refuge has been proposed in Spain for the ancestors of the H and V haplogroups that dominate in Western Europe.
After the glaciers receded and the deserts retreated 14,000 years ago, the way was clear for the expansion of modern humans from their ice age prisons. Wilma's descendants entered Europe through the Balkans, spreading in several directions. One lineage with a distinctive mutation at letter 119 in HVR2 settled in what is now France. Descendants of a woman with a change at letter 16362 of HVR1 spread from Central through Northern Europe and then to the British Isles. Lineages with very little change from their Wilman ancestor settled in sparsely-populated Finland and Scandinavia. But everywhere in Europe there were also other W lineages that shared ancestors with cousins still living in India, Pakistan, and Iran.
W: Haplogroup W is a "daughter" of N and a "sister" of R, I, X, & A.FTDNA's DNA Testing Discussion Forum - Haplogroup W ThreadMary Zucker's mtDNA Haplogroup W Project (from Wikipedia)
It looks to me as I look at the mt-DNA Human Migration map on Kerchner's website that our female came out of Africa as an L3 70 thousand years ago and went north to become N for just a little while, which was 50 thousand years ago. Then is branched, continuing on northward as an I and a W 20 thousand years ago and I 15 thousand years ago. So our beginnings were at least 20,000 years ago. Considering that the last ice age was about 10,000 years ago, we've lived through a lot. Now don't get excited. Moses came along only about what? 5769 years ago? So people have been around for quite a spell.
My mother's line is H. They have their beginnings 30,000 years ago into Europe. It looks like they branched off of R which goes back 50,000 years.
The test for females shows the differences from the CRC. differences between your code and that of a lady who happened to be sequenced in Cambridge, England, in the 1990's. She was actually a member of haplogroup H, the most common in Europe. Our differences making us W in the basic test are: 16145A, 16223T, 16265G, 16519C.
The other interesting feature is that the sequence is W1, belonging to the 16320 sub branch. The 16320 sub branch appears to have two main branches, one centred around Poland and the other in Iberia. (from My Family W) only part I understood, sort of.
Reference: www.kerchner.com/haplogroups_mtdna.htm
http://www.kerchner.com/images/dna/mtdna_migrationmap_(FTDNA2006).jpg
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http://www.thecid.com/w/when.htm
Abraham's children-race, identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People by Jon Entine
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Jermulowske DNA Test Results
I had thought that my Jewish Grandmother "Bubby" would turn out to be a K haplogroup. I was wrong. The line is the W haplogroup. That haplogroup is so small that it wasn't even listed as a possibility.
Our MTdna as far as we know goes back to Hattie Jermulowske, wife of Nathan Goldfoot. She was born January 11, 1886 in Suwalki, Lithuania/Poland/Russia. Her haplogroup just became known today. It is W.
The information on familytreedna says that it is derived from the N superhaplogroup, which dates to about 65,000 years ago. W dates to about 25,000 years ago and it is mainly found in West Eurasia (or Europe). It is likely that women bearing this partipated in the expansion into the bulk of Europe following the Last Glacial Maximum (which was about 10,000 years ago).
More work needs to be done like getting more samples from Central Asia will refine the historical distribution of this haplogroup and determine the role it played in the peopling of Europe.
Under "Recent Ancestral Origins" I see that she matches Ashkenazi in Belarus, Hungary, Lithuania, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. She matched 1 person out of 482 people from austria, which was a 0.2% match, not listed as Ashkenazi, by the way.
Under Haplogroup Origins I see 6 Ashkenazi match from the Russian Federation, 3 Ashkenazi match from Lithuania, 2 Ashkenazi match from Ukraine.
In all, familytreedna found 28 matches that are W. I have joined her up with the W group listed on familytreedna. The goals of the project are: To provide a forum for sharing ideas and information. To help identify relationships within the group based upon DNA and documentation. To provide encouragement and assistance to those researching all aspects of this group. Familytreedna came through with the results before I thought they would. That is wonderful.
"Haplogroup W was one of five European mtdna haplogroups (T, U, V, W, and X) first defined in a scientific paper in 1996. In 1996 genetic testing was still difficult and expensive. The entire 16,568 letters of the mtdna could not be analyzed. The sample was limited to 67 Scandinavians. In the original 1996 paper, haplogroup W was identified as those with a changes in letter 8994 of the mtdna from G to A compared to the Cambridge Reference Sequence. "
Haplogroup W is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
Haplogroup W appears in the western Ural Mountains and the eastern Baltic, though it is also found in India. Its ancestral haplogroup was haplogroup N.
I just read from the site below on our W line. It refers to the N haplogroup and association with Ashkenazi women, so I suggest reading it.
9/11/09: Distribution
Haplogroup W appears in Europe, West and South Asia[2]. It is everywhere found as minority clade, with the highest concentration being in Northern Pakistan[3].
http://www.thecid.com/w/natlgeo.htm
Our MTdna as far as we know goes back to Hattie Jermulowske, wife of Nathan Goldfoot. She was born January 11, 1886 in Suwalki, Lithuania/Poland/Russia. Her haplogroup just became known today. It is W.
The information on familytreedna says that it is derived from the N superhaplogroup, which dates to about 65,000 years ago. W dates to about 25,000 years ago and it is mainly found in West Eurasia (or Europe). It is likely that women bearing this partipated in the expansion into the bulk of Europe following the Last Glacial Maximum (which was about 10,000 years ago).
More work needs to be done like getting more samples from Central Asia will refine the historical distribution of this haplogroup and determine the role it played in the peopling of Europe.
Under "Recent Ancestral Origins" I see that she matches Ashkenazi in Belarus, Hungary, Lithuania, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. She matched 1 person out of 482 people from austria, which was a 0.2% match, not listed as Ashkenazi, by the way.
Under Haplogroup Origins I see 6 Ashkenazi match from the Russian Federation, 3 Ashkenazi match from Lithuania, 2 Ashkenazi match from Ukraine.
In all, familytreedna found 28 matches that are W. I have joined her up with the W group listed on familytreedna. The goals of the project are: To provide a forum for sharing ideas and information. To help identify relationships within the group based upon DNA and documentation. To provide encouragement and assistance to those researching all aspects of this group. Familytreedna came through with the results before I thought they would. That is wonderful.
"Haplogroup W was one of five European mtdna haplogroups (T, U, V, W, and X) first defined in a scientific paper in 1996. In 1996 genetic testing was still difficult and expensive. The entire 16,568 letters of the mtdna could not be analyzed. The sample was limited to 67 Scandinavians. In the original 1996 paper, haplogroup W was identified as those with a changes in letter 8994 of the mtdna from G to A compared to the Cambridge Reference Sequence. "
Haplogroup W is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
Haplogroup W appears in the western Ural Mountains and the eastern Baltic, though it is also found in India. Its ancestral haplogroup was haplogroup N.
I just read from the site below on our W line. It refers to the N haplogroup and association with Ashkenazi women, so I suggest reading it.
9/11/09: Distribution
Haplogroup W appears in Europe, West and South Asia[2]. It is everywhere found as minority clade, with the highest concentration being in Northern Pakistan[3].
http://www.thecid.com/w/natlgeo.htm
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Shmuel Goldfuss's Daughter, Minnie 1878
Shmuel Goldfuss had a daughter named Mina, which is Minnie in English. She was born in 1878 in Kiev, Russia. In 1898 she married Yacov "Jacob" Bergman who was 5 years older, born in 1873 in Papele, Lithuania. They married in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Minnie died on November 13, 1938 in Uitenhage.
Reference: Jewishgen
Reference: Jewishgen
Abraham Bendyl Goldfus 1803 in Poland
Anytime I see an Abraham Goldfoot or Goldfus, I get excited, as that seems to be a key name in the family.
Abraham Bendyl Goldfus b: 1803 in Olkusz, Kielce, Poland married Machela Zelinger on March 18, 1821 at age 18. He died February 29, 1868 at age 65 in the same place.
Strangely, their children's surnames were all Goldsztein. They had Fraida Roza in 1825, Sara, David, Josek, Ester and Moysesz the last was born in 1845.
Reference: Jewishgen
Abraham Bendyl Goldfus b: 1803 in Olkusz, Kielce, Poland married Machela Zelinger on March 18, 1821 at age 18. He died February 29, 1868 at age 65 in the same place.
Strangely, their children's surnames were all Goldsztein. They had Fraida Roza in 1825, Sara, David, Josek, Ester and Moysesz the last was born in 1845.
Reference: Jewishgen
Lithuanian Goldfoot/fus/fuss Marriages & Divorces
Telsiai is the town where Goldfoot has been from.
September 4, 1859 Gute or Golda Goldfus married Iontaf Opengeim. The groom's father was Sender and the bride's father was Nokhim. The bridal couple were both only 20 years old.
December 3, 1863 Gershon Peri married Rivka Mera Goldfus. Gershon's father was Iudel and mother was Luoke. Rvka's father was Borukh. Gershon was 25 and Rivka was 18.
May 31, 1874, Leib Tavirinski married Khana Mina Goldfus. Lieb's father was Nokhum and Khana Mina's father was Mark Aizyk. Leib was 35 years old and a widower, and Khana Mina was 25.
In the town of Nemaksciai Rasciniai, Kaunas on August 26, 1929 Faivelis Goldfus/Goldfusas married Libe Reize Sneideraite. Faivelis's father was Leibas Mejeras and mother was Dvora Glika both of Nemaksciai. The bride's father was Chononas and mother was Chaja Ercigaite/Ertsig, also of Nemaksciai. The groom, Faivelis was 62 years old and a widower, and his bride Libe was 42 and a widow.
In the town of Pilviskiai, Vilkaviskis, Suvalki on June 30, 1935 Dore Goldfus/Goldfusas married Leja Gersonaite/Gershon. Dore was the son of Chaimas and Elke Zaksaite of Laukuva. Leja was the daughter of Gersonas and Mire Chaitaite of Laukuva. Dore was 20, born in 1915 while Leja was 22, born in 1913.
Reference: Jewishgen: Lithuania Marriages and Divorces
September 4, 1859 Gute or Golda Goldfus married Iontaf Opengeim. The groom's father was Sender and the bride's father was Nokhim. The bridal couple were both only 20 years old.
December 3, 1863 Gershon Peri married Rivka Mera Goldfus. Gershon's father was Iudel and mother was Luoke. Rvka's father was Borukh. Gershon was 25 and Rivka was 18.
May 31, 1874, Leib Tavirinski married Khana Mina Goldfus. Lieb's father was Nokhum and Khana Mina's father was Mark Aizyk. Leib was 35 years old and a widower, and Khana Mina was 25.
In the town of Nemaksciai Rasciniai, Kaunas on August 26, 1929 Faivelis Goldfus/Goldfusas married Libe Reize Sneideraite. Faivelis's father was Leibas Mejeras and mother was Dvora Glika both of Nemaksciai. The bride's father was Chononas and mother was Chaja Ercigaite/Ertsig, also of Nemaksciai. The groom, Faivelis was 62 years old and a widower, and his bride Libe was 42 and a widow.
In the town of Pilviskiai, Vilkaviskis, Suvalki on June 30, 1935 Dore Goldfus/Goldfusas married Leja Gersonaite/Gershon. Dore was the son of Chaimas and Elke Zaksaite of Laukuva. Leja was the daughter of Gersonas and Mire Chaitaite of Laukuva. Dore was 20, born in 1915 while Leja was 22, born in 1913.
Reference: Jewishgen: Lithuania Marriages and Divorces
Labels: Goldfus/fuss, Lithuania, Marriages
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Note on Surname: Jermulowske, Goldfoot
Jermulowske is the name of Hattie, who married Nathan Goldfoot. On the 1910 census she said she was from Poland, and her sisters have said this also. At one time the area was called the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. Poland evidently had taken over Lithuania.
The surname originally was spelled with an ski ending. This denotes nobility. People not of nobility liked to add this on. It looked good. It's a masculine suffix.
Hattie said she was from Suwalki. This could be the name of a large area like a county or it could be the name of a town. We don't know. At least we have a name found on her declaration of intent.
Now I'm wondering if the root word is Jerm and would be from Germany. I'm guessing. The word "Gold" in her husband's surname denotes German origins and European origins.
Also, we now know through dna that our real origins as a branch of the human race is Q1b which was in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, Mongolia and parts of Turkey before migrating to Russia. Altai means "Gold". It's possible that our family took that and used it as a surname in Europe. Sounds possible to me!
The surname originally was spelled with an ski ending. This denotes nobility. People not of nobility liked to add this on. It looked good. It's a masculine suffix.
Hattie said she was from Suwalki. This could be the name of a large area like a county or it could be the name of a town. We don't know. At least we have a name found on her declaration of intent.
Now I'm wondering if the root word is Jerm and would be from Germany. I'm guessing. The word "Gold" in her husband's surname denotes German origins and European origins.
Also, we now know through dna that our real origins as a branch of the human race is Q1b which was in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, Mongolia and parts of Turkey before migrating to Russia. Altai means "Gold". It's possible that our family took that and used it as a surname in Europe. Sounds possible to me!
