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    Quote Originally Posted by StonyArabia View Post
    Jewish names often have Man/Maan, Berg, or Stein and sometimes Sky instead of Ski suffixes
    Yes, but endings -man, -berg, -stein are often also among German non-Jewish families,
    and -ski, -sky endings are originaly typical endings for surnames of all Slavic nations.

    The list of "jewish-only" latnames is too short (Kohn, Levi, Schapiro, etc.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikula View Post
    Yes, but endings -man, -berg, -stein are often also among German non-Jewish families,
    and -ski, -sky endings are originaly typical endings for surnames of all Slavic nations.

    The list of "jewish-only" latnames is too short (Kohn, Levi, Schapiro, etc.)
    Also Cohen. As in "Cohencidence".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ayetooey View Post
    This is a strong possibility.

    https://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=meier

    Meier Name Meaning
    German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak (Majer), and Polish: status name for a tenant farmer, steward, overseer, or village headman, a variant spelling of German Meyer 1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of the personal name Meye

    https://www.hebrewsurnames.com/MEIER
    Looked into it Richmond?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ayetooey View Post
    Looked into it Richmond?
    I'm waiting for my Mtdna kit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richmondbread View Post
    I'm waiting for my Mtdna kit.
    That's from your direct mothers line only you dumbo, you need to search your family tree to find the Jewish line, likely your fathers side, what has your Mtdna got to do with anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ayetooey View Post
    That's from your direct mothers line only you dumbo, you need to search your family tree to find the Jewish line, likely your fathers side, what has your Mtdna got to do with anything?
    I'm aware of that . So far no Jewish clues.

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