In Judaism there are not really family names it's just Moshe ben (son) Abraham or Rivkah bat (daughter) Shlomo and so on. In the 18th and 19th century in several European countries it was mandated to adopt and register a family name for taxes and conscription purposes and that's the origin of European legal Jewish names (which can be from towns or cities, professions and occupations, and so on). But the traditional Jewish naming still persists and is used for the ketuba, for kadish and other documents and comunal usage
My 5th great grandfather was a man named Wulf. He picked our last name, Tiger, around 1790. He became Wulf Tiger. I loved discovering this and it still brings me joy.
My grandfather came to the US at 7 years old by way of Spain by way of France by way of Germany and when he came his name was Marcial and since he came from northen Spain, Galicia, he used the surname Gallego which was the dialect in Galicia. Now, 5 generations later, I'm now only 10 percent Ashkenazi Jew but learning more and more of my Jewish heritage!!! Cool fact...he was actually raised by the one and only Geronimo and yeah we have pictures and documentation to prove it lol.
Them he got a good role model, as I know Geronimo was a worrior that always fight for his people, a very noble sentiment, you may also have Sepharim ancestry (spain)., I heard their music is getting very popular. Abrazos Hermano.
I'm Ashkenazi of German/Jewish descent. My surname was anglicized from Schutz to Sheets. It is a occupational surname meaning guard, or warden. Or one who shoots a bow or rifle.
I have an ancestor with the surname Schutz. I am also researching to find out if one of my ancestors with the surname "Schwarz" was jewish. Because if she is jewish, then my grandfather was jewish and I can make Aliyah.
Started tracing our family tree, dad's side, and it's been interesting. Our lineage is Lithuanian, Latvian, & Belarus Ashkenazi. Family names are Diamond and Moss. Most of that side of the family ends in WWII, at the camps, and there is not a lot of info to find. Gonna keep digging and see what I can find.
Many of the shtetles in Europe, Poland, Russia... still have their original birth, marriage, death records. My mother's family came from Poland. My sister traced my Family back to the 1600s. We knew many towns, first and last names, etc. The spelling is sometimes Russian, sometimes Polish, depending on the years, or the towns. There are ways to write to the actual towns in Polish or Russian, and people who can help with some translations.
The term Ashkenaz is what the Jews of The early middle ages called Germany.They settled along the Rhine River in cities like Mainz, Worms and Spyers. Yiddish is Middle high German with loan words from Hebrew Aramaic and a touch of slavic.Slavic came later as Jews left Western Europe due to Anti semitism. A Polish king actually Casimir the Great wanted Jews in his land.
@The Last Stand delusions exist among the uneducated on both sides. That one Haredi was probably from Neutra Cartra they are wackos. The third video talks about Mizrahi jews who are about 50 percent of the Israeli Jewish population .Mizrahi jews are geneticly similar to Ashkenazi or sephardic jews we all come from the Levant and both Mizrahi jews and sephardic jews use the same Minhag.I see know reason to go on unless you want to be made more foolish.
Klein and Weiss etc are NOT direct translations from German. They ARE German because these people lived in German-language territories (Austria-Hungary, Germany)
From the recent Israeli - Palestinian conflict, and issues with my digestive system since a young age, I've traced it to my Ashkenazi ancestry. Even though my last name is an obvious sign, I had never known or could've even told you what that meant. I'm American through and through, raised Christian, but proud of my ancestry and hope im able to learn more soon.
@@daveconrad6562 my uncle has Crohns and the rate at which Ashkenazi descendants have Crohns or inflammatory bowel disease is quite astronomical compared to the general population with no relation to Ashkenazi Jews. but do pay attention to your digestive system because it's not just a weakness or "soft" the in my case, major swelling to the point where it's very painful digesting and moving throughout my system and even effects my blood flow. drinking plenty of water seems to help quite a bit if you are looking for something that helps whether it helps with pain or the stress on your body in general. my uncle has had to have surgery for his and as severe as mine is, I imagine I will too in the near future if God blesses me with the money to do so. because as of right now, it's almost impossible to live a normal life.
Same here my weight gain problems where traced back to my ashkenazi heritage I just found out about my biological-fathers last name is Katz. My ancestors came from Poland. Although I am mostly Sicilian raised catholic I’m very proud to be Jewish very proud to be A part of such a strong background. ❤️ although people may think it’s wrong I will were my cross right next to my Star of David. This is who I am this is who you are and I’m glad to see others cherishing it.
@@Shadow_foxx1 it's important to pass it on. it's lasted this long because it was cherished. even if we might not have experienced it to the full, it's important to carry it and hand it to the next generation. our ancestors went through way too much.. from 75 years ago to a few thousand years ago.. way too much struggling and hardships, specifically due to their identity, to not do our duty.
@@cthoffman9351 so wonderful to read this. I have informed my 16 yr old son of his heritage and his eyes lit up and he was very happy. Even going as far as too tell all his friends. We will keep our history alive in every way possible ❤️
@Jxxkkkk That's interesting you say that. I'm almost all Ashkenazi but my other contributing genetics is mainly Eastern European. PS It's DNA, not "dma"
@@jxxkkkk433 Nope. DNA studies show the Maternal lines in Jewish populations are mostly from European females. This is consistent with history of human migratory patterns, that is, men travel and get it on with local women of regions traveled or conquered. Ashkenazi jews are a unique ethnogroup in that sense, However their religion and literal biblical views claims they are the sole heirs of a a "chosen" people from ancient times. This is a genetic impossibility. Welcome to the 21st century.
Very helpful and certainly pretty common in the US. I am not sure why my ancestors in 1802 took their last name: van Beugen. The son of Jacob Moijses (Moses Jacob) migrated from the town of Nijmegen to Den Haag during the late 1700s. As far as I can tell they never lived in the little town "Beugen" ... who knows?
I have read that now that we have genetic testing, it has been found the Cohens and Levys are separate groups whose DNA goes way back and indicates that those people are in fact descendants of the ancient priesthoods. I don't remember where I read this, so I can't verify the source.
Grandma came from Germany in the 1940's her maiden name was Gerson/Gérson. I believe it's a Hebrew origin and I see the name used a lot in Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries
A smaller branch in Hungary on my mother's side have German names mostly or Hungarized ones, while my paternal line from Translvania also has some Slavic ending names (not all of them though), e. g. Berkovits. I have a Weisz great great grandmother and someone claimed her grave's Hebrew writing said halevi, so her relatives were Levites too. I didn't find any Levys or Levines etc. I also have an Ungár anccestor, maybe that comes from Hungary too? (I am Hungarian).
Ungar îs a place name for Jews in this case Hungary :) BTW, Jews have loved in Hungary for a very long time. In fact the Jews were there before the Magyars even got there!
Ashkenaz is ancient biblical designation of a supposed person or tribe that was designated to the geographical region associated later with Germanic tribes. In the earlier centuries of the current Jewish Diaspora, settlement in that area and the development of Yiddish as a vernacular Jewish tongue there designated that branch as Ashkenazi. It has nothing to do with genetics associated with the non-Jewish local population. The Gentile admixture was mostly from female converts in 1st Century Rome, as more of the Judaean refugees there were men, often merchants who needed brides. As most of population migrated to the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe, they maintained Yiddish as the common language tongue, with Hebrew and Aramaic reserved for liturgical use and religious study. Some words Hebraic words entered Yiddish (goniff from ganev=thief, tsooris from tzaarot=leprosy, ...), but the grammar remained Germanic from their earlier hosts. It was a practicality for international mercantile and trade reasons, just as Ladino and Judeo-Arabic were for other Duaspora communities.
my grandfathers mother was an .'Anglo' Jew born in Birmingham England with origins from Poland/Russia her maiden name was Barnett ( anglicized form of Barruk ) both her parents were Jews. Many female relatives had very Jewish names like Kerrenhepah, Hepzibah, Rachel but the sons were given 'Christian' names like Charles, etc. Apparently so they can better get work. They were jewellers, brass founders, watch makers, etc. My grandfather was killed by the Nazi at Dunkirk WW2 as a British solider, so we had no idea he was Jewish, till 2016 when I found it out and was confirmed by my fathers long lost cousins in UK. As my grandfathers wife was Christian and after being a young widow married again after the war and emigrated to NZ
Great video! I read somewhere that some Jewish last names like "Tannenbaum "which translates to "Christmas tree" were imposed by local authorities to humiliate Jews. Is this true or not?
Thank you so much! Our family name was Weiss, changed to Wise once arriving in the US. We often wondered how this happened. Still don't know. Thank you.
@@thedude232 Or some dull government bureaucrat spelled it wrong. That happens a lot. I knew some old folks who named their son "Wilbert" and he was registered as "Milbert" which was too much hassle to change so he was stuck with it forever.
One of my lines was Edelman. While Edel is from German, for Noble, or something like that, it was just the given name of my ancestor's mother-in-law. Man, mann, sohn, son was postpended by direct descendants to honor her as his benefactor is financially supporting his yeshiva. His name was Shmuel Eliezer ha-Levi and added Edeks (or Edeles) to his name. The name iltimately was retained in literature as MaHaRSh"A, the acronym for Morenu HaRav Shmuel Adels (Our Teach the Rav Shmuel Adels/Edels). Rabbinic lineages often used such honorific titles compressed into acronyms. But anyway, the -man and -son type names, more generally, are suggestive of affinities to wives and in-laws when they were adopted. Mendelsohn, for instance, derives from Son of Mendel, where Mendel could have been the originator's father or father-in-law.
Mine is "Girardi" from Northeastern Italy/Austria/Bavaria Germany. They were involved in the crusades as knights Templar. Weird. I found the family crest but using their non-Jewish one.
I read somewhere that some Jewish names like Tannenbaum were imposed upon Jewish families by authorities hoping to humiliate them. Tannenbaum means "Christmas Tree" so that one would be pointing out that this family didn't celebrate Christmas.
Korb,and there's a city in Germany named after them. They asked my grandmother for money during WW2 and she was so angry because she thought they were nazis. They had a Castile in italy which is now a hotel. My grandfather's name was Harry Louis Korb.
my surname is Woest. I heard that my great grand father came to south africa on a ship and changed our surname from Woescht to Woest. any idee where and what it can mean. my ancestors from Germany and Ireland.
@@davehughesfarm7983 the children of Isaac were gathered before the first century generation ended the 12 Stones have become chalk stones which means Jacobs iniquities have been removed they're known as the Saints of heaven today
I'm pretty close to 100% Ashkenazic Jewish, but my mom's surname is both a common German and Yiddish surname and my dad's surname used to be Bruder, German for brother, but they changed it. Not at Ellis Island, but a good two centuries before my great-grandfather immigrated. They changed it to something that sounds vaguely Polish, but doesn't actually mean anything, as far as we know.
Very interesting. Especially the explanation about the last names. Thank' s. Only the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. Only 50 years. It was in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War. It is not very important but 1787 was the Austrian Empire. Just to make (be) everything correct.
Bene Manasseh and Bene Ephraim derive their surnames from the nature in the language called tamil or kurux outside the state of tamil nadu. These jews speak my languages now limited to only the tribes of east India with whom they married and settled down with.
Hecht :Family name origins & meanings German and Dutch : from Middle High German hech(e)t, Middle Dutch heect, hecht ‘pike’, generally a nickname for a rapacious and greedy person. In some instances it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a fisher and in others it may be a habitational name from a house distinguished by a sign depicting this fish. Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from GermanHecht or Yiddish hekht ‘pike’, one of the many Ashkenazic ornamental names taken from vocabulary words denoting wildlife.
Hritchkewitch(Hirsch🤔) is my Grandfather's surname but upon reaching the USA could have slightly changed🤔Origin Russia but he was born in Austro-Hungarian Empire.
I'm a Turkish stemming from south Siberia, through a long way of Mongolia, Central Asia abd Khazar to Anatolia. My DNA shows 6 percent Ashkenazi Jews. Is this something that shows the origin of Ashkenazi Jews as Khazarian?
Some of my Dad Fred White's family members died in the Holocaust. My Dad, Fred White was born on April 23, 1917, and he was in the NAVY during World War 2. There are exhibits at some of the museums for documents that are kept on file for family members of people who died in the Holocaust. There is also a genealogy research library at some of the Jewish centers. My Dad, Fred White's gravesite is located at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York in Long Island.
Mine is simple, a distorted "Israeli". There are quite a few of us, all from a certain area of Poland/Belorussia, originally. In Russian, Zrull was additionally distorted into Tsiroulnik[ov].
It’s astounding to me how convoluted the word Jew has become in modern times. Jew is derived from Yahudin, one from the tribe of Judah. It is not an all encompassing word. Ashkenaz are of the bloodline of Japheth and cannot be Jews in the natural sense.
My father's father was from Lithuania and his wife came from Russia: Jacob and Edith (Subotnik) Levich. Of interest - to me, anyway - no middle names. Perhaps middle names were considered "baptismal" names? They came over with my grandmother's mother, Rose Subotnik, and my father was born in Iowa. Both he and his brother (my uncle) also had no middle names. My father, for instance, Marvin Levich.
They do have a distinguished last name that’s what are used to do when I used to work for the Canadians news when I came to the holidays it’s for all the greetings so I am pretty good at knowing what a Jewish last name… I can pick out a jewel a mile away, no offence
You THINK you know a Jewish name is but truth is you would not know one if it slapped you in the face. Not all "Jewish sounding" names are only used by Jewish people. Many stereotypical names are actually more Jewish than the Jewish sounding ones.
The Ashkenazi are Jews, you got that right, as Judeans they only descend from Shem. They were from the land known as Ashkenaz, they were never Ashkenazians or Ashkenazites they like the Sepharads are from the land of Sepharad (Spain & Portugal) the Ashkenazim are from the land of Ashkenaz ( Germany & France).
This nonsense has gained traction, particular in black communities that are trying to discover their roots and claim to be the true Israelites based on simple readings of the Bible.
Aren't Ashkenazi's Khazars that adopted Judaism as early as 740 . Other sources are speculating around 861 . It is a rather very complicated issue . After their final defeat many escapades to Russia . Because of their unorthodox practices many were expelled from there .
I am researching to find out if one of my ancestors with the surname Schwarz is jewish. Because if she is jewish, then my grandfather was jewish and I can make Aliyah.
Its interesting that Jews are turning up in different parts of the word. What matters most is whether a person is a Jew or gentle believes Jesus as Lord and Savior and lives in obedience to the word of God. After all we are not saved because of who we are but by the grace of God alone. Refer Ephesians 2.8-9.
My Ashkenazi Jewish grandmother was also from Galicia! I am researching her ancestors also! I am looking for relatives with surnames LEHRER & KAHANE born around 1850.
It is from Hebrew, Binyamin, literally Jacob's righthand son. The person who adopted the surname probably had a father of that name. Some such names added -son to the end (Jacobson, Abramson, ...), but others were awkward and became just Benjamin, Reubens, and similar.
A historian once told me that the Austrian officials who assigned new surnames to poor Galician Jews who did not speak German made fun of them by registering names like Goldberg and Rosenfeld.
This is correct. The more outlandish the name, the better the antisemitic Austrians liked it. They especially liked flowery names like Rosenblatt (rose leaf), Rosenbloom (rose flower), etc. My family is Galician on both sides, so I'm very familiar with this practice.
Wow. My family only spoke German/ French/ and Hungarian! So their name's are Good Man & New Man. So simple. My Mom's family were English Jews. Sterling & Mayor.
@@amymack1954 I read it was the opposite. Jews often were willing to pay for good-sounding names with Gold, Silber, Diamant, or Rose in it. Poor Jews who couldn't bribe the authorities got less appealing names like Kurtz (short), Schwartz, Klein, etc.
Do y’all understand Genesis chapter 10, the descendants of Japheth and the nations of Gentiles? Hebrews were big on this and would never just adopt those nations names. Also u saying that how they got to Europe is skeptical, that in it self tells u something is off. If u want to know the truth u have to read an actual Bible and not the newer revised version and definitely not the online bibles because they have corrupted them all and removed certain key information from the verses to lead you astray.
@@aremedyproject9569 I did Google translate, it said, Mountain-weaver, but I've found it very difficult to varify. I know there's a Camp-ground in The Netherlands, with our Surname. That's as close as I have gotten. I think it maybe Ashkenazi, perhaps explaining why theres only 11-12(?)of us in total now.
Levitt is a Jewish surname from the tribe of levi, Rivett is my grandma surname it 'looks simular. Also when my mum went to an eye shop they asked her if she was Caucasian because she didn't have Caucasian eyes, also she had a type of cancer that ashakanazi Jews of African American women get. Please do reply with your views, im a Christian and would love to have Jewish blood.
I have to break the news to you but Jews ARE mainly Caucasian with the exception of converts. Not sure what you mean tbyt your comment about "Caucasian eyes".
@@dorisbarnes5288 If not Caucasian, then what? There are only 4 options; mongoloid, australoid, caucasian and negroid. The original Jews, as all people aboriginal to the Near East, are Caucasian. Hope that helps.
Amazingly, there isn't a single Arab or Middle Eastern-sounding name among them, yet these Europeans claim legal entitlement to land in the Middle East that belongs to others
If you still care for a tip... as @EmiliavanBeugen pointed out, Berg means mountain. Apparantly the As-part used to refer to ash trees. Many places (villages as well as hills and mountains), mainly in Germany and Austria, have the name Asberg: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asberg
Many surnames aren’t necessarily Jewish; they are just German.
True
Feldman is German.....
Yiddish
In Judaism there are not really family names it's just Moshe ben (son) Abraham or Rivkah bat (daughter) Shlomo and so on. In the 18th and 19th century in several European countries it was mandated to adopt and register a family name for taxes and conscription purposes and that's the origin of European legal Jewish names (which can be from towns or cities, professions and occupations, and so on). But the traditional Jewish naming still persists and is used for the ketuba, for kadish and other documents and comunal usage
Real Israelites are all black. Bye
My 5th great grandfather was a man named Wulf. He picked our last name, Tiger, around 1790. He became Wulf Tiger. I loved discovering this and it still brings me joy.
How did you find this out? Did you use some sort of ancestry website?
joanna, you fine still
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I found someone named Wolf Elephant when looking for my relative on an immigration manifest.
Jewish surnames: Golden. Gold, Silver, Stein, Shapiro, Weiner, Lerner, Goldman, Sachs, Goodman, Weinstein, Blank, Kraft, Goodell, Bettman, Sterling, Dolan, Seinfeld, Kissinger, Singer, Epstein, Abrams, etc.
Not Kissinger. Henry’s grandfather changed his name to that after the town of Bad Kissingen. It’s not a common surname among Jews,
I am half Cuban and half Jewish. That makes me a Juban.
Wtf since when is cuban a race 🤔🤔???
Cu-ish
Cub...ish?😅 I hope you're not squared headed! Jk
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@@mundopixel23 and jewish a race LOL
My grandfather came to the US at 7 years old by way of Spain by way of France by way of Germany and when he came his name was Marcial and since he came from northen Spain, Galicia, he used the surname Gallego which was the dialect in Galicia. Now, 5 generations later, I'm now only 10 percent Ashkenazi Jew but learning more and more of my Jewish heritage!!! Cool fact...he was actually raised by the one and only Geronimo and yeah we have pictures and documentation to prove it lol.
wow
So cool!!
Along with being Jewish, I have connections to the Apache chief Geronimo. I would be interested to this side of your story and see the photographs.
Gallego / Galician is a language and it's the patronymic for the galician people.
Them he got a good role model, as I know Geronimo was a worrior that always fight for his people, a very noble sentiment, you may also have Sepharim ancestry (spain)., I heard their music is getting very popular. Abrazos Hermano.
Brad, your program on Jewish last names is the best. You are amazing. Love, Helene
I'm Ashkenazi of German/Jewish descent. My surname was anglicized from Schutz to Sheets. It is a occupational surname meaning guard, or warden. Or one who shoots a bow or rifle.
I have an ancestor with the surname Schutz. I am also researching to find out if one of my ancestors with the surname "Schwarz" was jewish. Because if she is jewish, then my grandfather was jewish and I can make Aliyah.
@@zvr-08 Maybe we're distantly related. Who knows?
Very appreciative for your conveying such basic, foundational knowledge. I am grateful to you.
Started tracing our family tree, dad's side, and it's been interesting. Our lineage is Lithuanian, Latvian, & Belarus Ashkenazi. Family names are Diamond and Moss. Most of that side of the family ends in WWII, at the camps, and there is not a lot of info to find. Gonna keep digging and see what I can find.
I went to high school with someone named Moss, but they’re Yekkish (German Jews). From what I remember all Jewish Moss’s are related.
Many of the shtetles in Europe, Poland, Russia... still have their original birth, marriage, death records. My mother's family came from Poland. My sister traced my Family back to the 1600s. We knew many towns, first and last names, etc. The spelling is sometimes Russian, sometimes Polish, depending on the years, or the towns. There are ways to write to the actual towns in Polish or Russian, and people who can help with some translations.
The term Ashkenaz is what the Jews of The early middle ages called Germany.They settled along the Rhine River in cities like Mainz, Worms and Spyers. Yiddish is Middle high German with loan words from Hebrew Aramaic and a touch of slavic.Slavic came later as Jews left Western Europe due to Anti semitism. A Polish king actually Casimir the Great wanted Jews in his land.
@The Last Stand learn history from Sam Aranow or Dr Henry Abramson
@The Last Stand LMFAO
@The Last Stand research by Ron dalton and Benayah Israel.lmfao
@The Last Stand We Jews are from Shem and that is why we say the SHEMA.
@The Last Stand delusions exist among the uneducated on both sides. That one Haredi was probably from Neutra Cartra they are wackos. The third video talks about Mizrahi jews who are about 50 percent of the Israeli Jewish population .Mizrahi jews are geneticly similar to Ashkenazi or sephardic jews we all come from the Levant and both Mizrahi jews and sephardic jews use the same Minhag.I see know reason to go on unless you want to be made more foolish.
Klein and Weiss etc are NOT direct translations from German. They ARE German because these people lived in German-language territories (Austria-Hungary, Germany)
From the recent Israeli - Palestinian conflict, and issues with my digestive system since a young age, I've traced it to my Ashkenazi ancestry. Even though my last name is an obvious sign, I had never known or could've even told you what that meant. I'm American through and through, raised Christian, but proud of my ancestry and hope im able to learn more soon.
Same bro, my stomach is so weak
@@daveconrad6562 my uncle has Crohns and the rate at which Ashkenazi descendants have Crohns or inflammatory bowel disease is quite astronomical compared to the general population with no relation to Ashkenazi Jews. but do pay attention to your digestive system because it's not just a weakness or "soft" the in my case, major swelling to the point where it's very painful digesting and moving throughout my system and even effects my blood flow. drinking plenty of water seems to help quite a bit if you are looking for something that helps whether it helps with pain or the stress on your body in general. my uncle has had to have surgery for his and as severe as mine is, I imagine I will too in the near future if God blesses me with the money to do so. because as of right now, it's almost impossible to live a normal life.
Same here my weight gain problems where traced back to my ashkenazi heritage I just found out about my biological-fathers last name is Katz. My ancestors came from Poland. Although I am mostly Sicilian raised catholic I’m very proud to be Jewish very proud to be A part of such a strong background. ❤️ although people may think it’s wrong I will were my cross right next to my Star of David. This is who I am this is who you are and I’m glad to see others cherishing it.
@@Shadow_foxx1 it's important to pass it on. it's lasted this long because it was cherished. even if we might not have experienced it to the full, it's important to carry it and hand it to the next generation. our ancestors went through way too much.. from 75 years ago to a few thousand years ago.. way too much struggling and hardships, specifically due to their identity, to not do our duty.
@@cthoffman9351 so wonderful to read this. I have informed my 16 yr old son of his heritage and his eyes lit up and he was very happy. Even going as far as too tell all his friends. We will keep our history alive in every way possible ❤️
The Ashkenaz descend from Japheth.
I am from Argentina 🇦🇷,and my maiden name is Krajuam. It is Ashkenazi, I have Eastern European ancestry
@Jxxkkkk That's interesting you say that. I'm almost all Ashkenazi but my other contributing genetics is mainly Eastern European.
PS It's DNA, not "dma"
@@jxxkkkk433 Nope. DNA studies show the Maternal lines in Jewish populations are mostly from European females. This is consistent with history of human migratory patterns, that is, men travel and get it on with local women of regions traveled or conquered.
Ashkenazi jews are a unique ethnogroup in that sense, However their religion and literal biblical views claims they are the sole heirs of a a "chosen" people from ancient times. This is a genetic impossibility. Welcome to the 21st century.
@@jxxkkkk433 keep on sleeping or ignoring , truth will still be told at the end LOL
oh B,S. most have 50% or more..@@jxxkkkk433
Paternal grandmother's maiden name is Kieck, and I am keen to explore this further. Any advice please?
There is a village east of Berlin with the name Kieck. On Google Maps it looks like there is nothing but a rehab clinic there these days though
Great video. BUT, music is too loud.
Very helpful and certainly pretty common in the US. I am not sure why my ancestors in 1802 took their last name: van Beugen. The son of Jacob Moijses (Moses Jacob) migrated from the town of Nijmegen to Den Haag during the late 1700s. As far as I can tell they never lived in the little town "Beugen" ... who knows?
I have read that now that we have genetic testing, it has been found the Cohens and Levys are separate groups whose DNA goes way back and indicates that those people are in fact descendants of the ancient priesthoods. I don't remember where I read this, so I can't verify the source.
partly yes.....20 generations ago we have 1 million ancestors
Grandma came from Germany in the 1940's her maiden name was Gerson/Gérson. I believe it's a Hebrew origin and I see the name used a lot in Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries
Gerson is used as a man's first name here in Honduras and around Central America
@@m00njaguar yea that’s what I’ve seen, that it’s a popular name though out Latin America and Brazil.
Quite a bit of information for three minutes, thanks👍
Glad it was helpful!
@@JewishLifeTVIndeed! That hyper-speed drawing artwork is mesmerizing!🎨🖊
A smaller branch in Hungary on my mother's side have German names mostly or Hungarized ones, while my paternal line from Translvania also has some Slavic ending names (not all of them though), e. g. Berkovits. I have a Weisz great great grandmother and someone claimed her grave's Hebrew writing said halevi, so her relatives were Levites too. I didn't find any Levys or Levines etc. I also have an Ungár anccestor, maybe that comes from Hungary too? (I am Hungarian).
Ungar îs a place name for Jews in this case Hungary :) BTW, Jews have loved in Hungary for a very long time. In fact the Jews were there before the Magyars even got there!
Ash-means food. Kazan means dish. Their dna and background turks.
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Ashkenaz is ancient biblical designation of a supposed person or tribe that was designated to the geographical region associated later with Germanic tribes. In the earlier centuries of the current Jewish Diaspora, settlement in that area and the development of Yiddish as a vernacular Jewish tongue there designated that branch as Ashkenazi. It has nothing to do with genetics associated with the non-Jewish local population. The Gentile admixture was mostly from female converts in 1st Century Rome, as more of the Judaean refugees there were men, often merchants who needed brides. As most of population migrated to the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe, they maintained Yiddish as the common language tongue, with Hebrew and Aramaic reserved for liturgical use and religious study. Some words Hebraic words entered Yiddish (goniff from ganev=thief, tsooris from tzaarot=leprosy, ...), but the grammar remained Germanic from their earlier hosts. It was a practicality for international mercantile and trade reasons, just as Ladino and Judeo-Arabic were for other Duaspora communities.
@@johncoxe6329 : Thank you for your explanation about Ashkenazi Jews. I learned a lot from your explanation.
Have a great day. 👍
Thanks for that, I feel I should have known this, but I didn't. And now I do.
my grandfathers mother was an .'Anglo' Jew born in Birmingham England with origins from Poland/Russia her maiden name was Barnett ( anglicized form of Barruk ) both her parents were Jews. Many female relatives had very Jewish names like Kerrenhepah, Hepzibah, Rachel but the sons were given 'Christian' names like Charles, etc. Apparently so they can better get work. They were jewellers, brass founders, watch makers, etc. My grandfather was killed by the Nazi at Dunkirk WW2 as a British solider, so we had no idea he was Jewish, till 2016 when I found it out and was confirmed by my fathers long lost cousins in UK. As my grandfathers wife was Christian and after being a young widow married again after the war and emigrated to NZ
Thanks. Very interesting.
Great teaching
Excellent video!!!👍👍. It’s a coincidence because after my aunt was divorced from her husband Peter Probst, many years ago, she married Louis Levy!
Great video! I read somewhere that some Jewish last names like "Tannenbaum "which translates to "Christmas tree" were imposed by local authorities to humiliate Jews. Is this true or not?
Thank you so much! Our family name was Weiss, changed to Wise once arriving in the US. We often wondered how this happened. Still don't know. Thank you.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Gentiles
Did you know your people terrorized mine for thousands of years
Many people and families "Angelicized" their last name to either cover their ancestry or as a means to start over.
Weiss = White in German (also in Yiddish).
@@thedude232 Or some dull government bureaucrat spelled it wrong. That happens a lot. I knew some old folks who named their son "Wilbert" and he was registered as "Milbert" which was too much hassle to change so he was stuck with it forever.
One of my lines was Edelman. While Edel is from German, for Noble, or something like that, it was just the given name of my ancestor's mother-in-law. Man, mann, sohn, son was postpended by direct descendants to honor her as his benefactor is financially supporting his yeshiva. His name was Shmuel Eliezer ha-Levi and added Edeks (or Edeles) to his name. The name iltimately was retained in literature as MaHaRSh"A, the acronym for Morenu HaRav Shmuel Adels (Our Teach the Rav Shmuel Adels/Edels). Rabbinic lineages often used such honorific titles compressed into acronyms. But anyway, the -man and -son type names, more generally, are suggestive of affinities to wives and in-laws when they were adopted. Mendelsohn, for instance, derives from Son of Mendel, where Mendel could have been the originator's father or father-in-law.
very interesting
This is incredible information. I did not know this at all. Thanks for the info.
Mine is "Girardi" from Northeastern Italy/Austria/Bavaria Germany. They were involved in the crusades as knights Templar. Weird. I found the family crest but using their non-Jewish one.
Still haven’t figured out my last name, Libson, we believe it was Libinson at one point !
levi son or levis
I read somewhere that some Jewish names like Tannenbaum were imposed upon Jewish families by authorities hoping to humiliate them. Tannenbaum means "Christmas Tree" so that one would be pointing out that this family didn't celebrate Christmas.
Tannenbaum (Tennenbaum) is a fir tree. Not Christmas tree.
Korb,and there's a city in Germany named after them. They asked my grandmother for money during WW2 and she was so angry because she thought they were nazis. They had a Castile in italy which is now a hotel. My grandfather's name was Harry Louis Korb.
They also picked surnames that imply wealth or status, using gold, silver, diamond or pearl, or names like rich or king.
Or just occupation. A fair number of Jews were engaged in the jewelry trades. They ended up as Silverberg, Goldstein, Diamond, Ruby, etc.
Very precise.
my surname is Woest. I
heard that my great grand father came to south africa on a ship and changed our surname from Woescht to Woest. any idee where and what it can mean. my ancestors from Germany and Ireland.
Paul also said these people were the children of Ishmael 2,000 years ago and I don't think anything's changed
LOL, ishmael is the polar opposite of Jews.
You probably have just as much Hebrew in you too.
Isaac
@@davehughesfarm7983 the children of Isaac were gathered before the first century generation ended the 12 Stones have become chalk stones which means Jacobs iniquities have been removed they're known as the Saints of heaven today
I'm pretty close to 100% Ashkenazic Jewish, but my mom's surname is both a common German and Yiddish surname and my dad's surname used to be Bruder, German for brother, but they changed it. Not at Ellis Island, but a good two centuries before my great-grandfather immigrated. They changed it to something that sounds vaguely Polish, but doesn't actually mean anything, as far as we know.
no names were changed at ellis island
@@yarnmisery yes, I'm aware that that's somewhat of a myth.
Very interesting. Especially the explanation about the last names. Thank' s.
Only the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. Only 50 years. It was in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War. It is not very important but 1787 was the Austrian Empire. Just to make (be) everything correct.
Bene Manasseh and Bene Ephraim derive their surnames from the nature in the language called tamil or kurux outside the state of tamil nadu. These jews speak my languages now limited to only the tribes of east India with whom they married and settled down with.
"bnei menashe and ephraim" are converts within living memory. nothing to do with settling down.
I did my heritage and other dna tests, came out that i have 3% ashkenazy jewish supriced
Erm 1797 wishful thinking as late as 1850 in Hamburg our people were being chased to adopt a family name
A lot of good stuff here. Never guessed. So this all started in 1787 with the Austrian Hungarian Empire. Interesting.
My Jewish ancestors in Prussia were three generations of women who married Christians: Sundermeier, Tiesmeier and Berensmeier.
So Steven Spielberg's name means talking mountain? I wonder how they came up with that?
shortened form of spiegel (lookout point) + berg (hill or mountain)
or spiel (play/game) + berg
I learn plenty from yr program.....
I hear occupations were also Jewish last names. Such as Baker. My last name. Is this correct or have I been lied to
My last name is Spiegel, mirror makers.
Many Ashkenazi names are occupational ones like Schmidt (Smith) or Yager (Hunter).
Very common. But in the case of Baker, it could have just evolved from another name, like Bokser.
Hecht :Family name origins & meanings
German and Dutch : from Middle High German hech(e)t, Middle Dutch heect, hecht ‘pike’, generally a nickname for a rapacious and greedy person. In some instances it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a fisher and in others it may be a habitational name from a house distinguished by a sign depicting this fish.
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from GermanHecht or Yiddish hekht ‘pike’, one of the many Ashkenazic ornamental names taken from vocabulary words denoting wildlife.
Actually Hecke translates to HEDGE in German/Yiddish.
Blaybn gezunt un shtark.
My family was originally Hess from Berlin
my Mom and Grandparents are Goldschmidt my grandmothers maiden name was Stern, they are all from Saarland Germany
Hritchkewitch(Hirsch🤔) is my Grandfather's surname but upon reaching the USA could have slightly changed🤔Origin Russia but he was born in Austro-Hungarian Empire.
My paternal grandmother’s surname is Noach. Which is Noah.
I'm a Turkish stemming from south Siberia, through a long way of Mongolia, Central Asia abd Khazar to Anatolia. My DNA shows 6 percent Ashkenazi Jews. Is this something that shows the origin of Ashkenazi Jews as Khazarian?
thats a myth
I found out that my great great grandma was Jewish Noami Warner. And on my mum mums side aswell
Some of my Dad Fred White's family members died in the Holocaust. My Dad, Fred White was born on April 23, 1917, and he was in the NAVY during World War 2. There are exhibits at some of the museums for documents that are kept on file for family members of people who died in the Holocaust. There is also a genealogy research library at some of the Jewish centers.
My Dad, Fred White's gravesite is located at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York in Long Island.
In part of Russian Empire, now Belarus, was common hebrew last name Belinky (Whiteley, white in Russian).
As a convert I must explain my surname often
correct
Mine is simple, a distorted "Israeli". There are quite a few of us, all from a certain area of Poland/Belorussia, originally. In Russian, Zrull was additionally distorted into Tsiroulnik[ov].
My Grandfather was a Mayers, originally Majores! from Luxembourg
It’s astounding to me how convoluted the word Jew has become in modern times. Jew is derived from Yahudin, one from the tribe of Judah. It is not an all encompassing word. Ashkenaz are of the bloodline of Japheth and cannot be Jews in the natural sense.
Sounds like Lee Camp narrating...
My father's father was from Lithuania and his wife came from Russia: Jacob and Edith (Subotnik) Levich. Of interest - to me, anyway - no middle names. Perhaps middle names were considered "baptismal" names? They came over with my grandmother's mother, Rose Subotnik, and my father was born in Iowa. Both he and his brother (my uncle) also had no middle names. My father, for instance, Marvin Levich.
It is a very Jewish thing to have a middle name. We all have middle names.
Thank you 🌞
They do have a distinguished last name that’s what are used to do when I used to work for the Canadians news when I came to the holidays it’s for all the greetings so I am pretty good at knowing what a Jewish last name… I can pick out a jewel a mile away, no offence
You THINK you know a Jewish name is but truth is you would not know one if it slapped you in the face. Not all "Jewish sounding" names are only used by Jewish people. Many stereotypical names are actually more Jewish than the Jewish sounding ones.
Calm down, Karen. This a discussion, not a debate.
@@GailBrenner-vt9ou Es kak, shtarb, un gei in dr'erd :)
Rosenthal here -- valley of roses
Kagan, Alper, Kaplan, Arkın, etc. are Turkic names and surnames.
Ashkenazi Jews are not from Shem but descendants of Japhet
False.
@@akivatalansky keep telling yourself that
The Ashkenazi are Jews, you got that right, as Judeans they only descend from Shem. They were from the land known as Ashkenaz, they were never Ashkenazians or Ashkenazites they like the Sepharads are from the land of Sepharad (Spain & Portugal) the Ashkenazim are from the land of Ashkenaz ( Germany & France).
This nonsense has gained traction, particular in black communities that are trying to discover their roots and claim to be the true Israelites based on simple readings of the Bible.
Really?
my last name is Rovensky and its Ashkenazi from Poland
Russian...all Russian Jew name end with Sky...Polish with Ski...for sure..Giorgio R. Messina....Salom...
Aren't Ashkenazi's Khazars that adopted Judaism as early as 740 . Other sources are speculating around 861 . It is a rather very complicated issue . After their final defeat many escapades to Russia . Because of their unorthodox practices many were expelled from there .
I am researching to find out if one of my ancestors with the surname Schwarz is jewish. Because if she is jewish, then my grandfather was jewish and I can make Aliyah.
Its interesting that Jews are turning up in different parts of the word. What matters most is whether a person is a Jew or gentle believes Jesus as Lord and Savior and lives in obedience to the word of God. After all we are not saved because of who we are but by the grace of God alone. Refer Ephesians 2.8-9.
My 4th great grandmother was a named Stryck around 1795s. from Galicia Austria and im still looking for her ancestors.
My Ashkenazi Jewish grandmother was also from Galicia! I am researching her ancestors also! I am looking for relatives with surnames LEHRER & KAHANE born around 1850.
Please see my comment below!
@@lindam.vazquez6337 Lehrer is Yiddish for "teacher". Kahane is a derivation of Cohen.
Does anyone know if the surname Benjamin is originally Ashkenazic or Sephardic? Many thanks.
It is from Hebrew, Binyamin, literally Jacob's righthand son. The person who adopted the surname probably had a father of that name. Some such names added -son to the end (Jacobson, Abramson, ...), but others were awkward and became just Benjamin, Reubens, and similar.
@@johncoxe6329 Many thanks; I really appreciate your going to the trouble of responding. Many thanks once again.
Kalasnik, maker of kalach bread
Missed mine! Mine’s Rich.
A historian once told me that the Austrian officials who assigned new surnames to poor Galician Jews who did not speak German made fun of them by registering names like Goldberg and Rosenfeld.
This is correct. The more outlandish the name, the better the antisemitic Austrians liked it. They especially liked flowery names like Rosenblatt (rose leaf), Rosenbloom (rose flower), etc. My family is Galician on both sides, so I'm very familiar with this practice.
Wow. My family only spoke German/ French/ and Hungarian! So their name's are Good Man & New Man. So simple. My Mom's family were English Jews. Sterling & Mayor.
@@amymack1954 I read it was the opposite. Jews often were willing to pay for good-sounding names with Gold, Silber, Diamant, or Rose in it. Poor Jews who couldn't bribe the authorities got less appealing names like Kurtz (short), Schwartz, Klein, etc.
@@igorjee I have never read or heard that. I'd be interested to know where you saw that.
@@amymack1954 That is not true to my knowledge. Those are "fanciful" names and only the families with clout could have them.
I wonder where Kovler came from. There are so few of us and we are all genetically related ..
Some names were "purchased", others given by authorities if they didn't have an occupation or money to purchase one
Do y’all understand Genesis chapter 10, the descendants of Japheth and the nations of Gentiles? Hebrews were big on this and would never just adopt those nations names. Also u saying that how they got to Europe is skeptical, that in it self tells u something is off. If u want to know the truth u have to read an actual Bible and not the newer revised version and definitely not the online bibles because they have corrupted them all and removed certain key information from the verses to lead you astray.
Where did kowitz come from, as in Lefkowitz?
Most accepted from Poland
levi!!!!
My last name is based on a tall thin man who lived by a brook steckman
Sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale....
steg = small bridge
Apparently my ancestors were merchants... Interesting... 🤔
Could Baranuk be Jewish from Ukraine early 1900
Serpents and tombs
Taylor Ayers Burrows not sure what last name is Jewish. Ashkenazi Jewish is from Germany Dutch I think.
I suspect Jewish an ancestry grandparents Rachel and Jacob from Manhattan New York is highly suspicious. And what is last name Haight?
Explain : _ _ _ _ insky
Is it Czech , or Russian , or Polish , or Jewish ?
Wondering if Bergwever is a Jewish surname?
Shayne I think berg means forest. I’m curious about Asberg.
@@aremedyproject9569 I did Google translate, it said, Mountain-weaver, but I've found it very difficult to varify. I know there's a Camp-ground in The Netherlands, with our Surname. That's as close as I have gotten. I think it maybe Ashkenazi, perhaps explaining why theres only 11-12(?)of us in total now.
@@aremedyproject9569 no berg means mountain
@Clandestine Council and in Dutch as wel
Bergweber is a town in South Germany. The v is just a common typo.
DNA showed us as Cohen and levi
What does lipshizts mean.
Levitt is a Jewish surname from the tribe of levi, Rivett is my grandma surname it 'looks simular. Also when my mum went to an eye shop they asked her if she was Caucasian because she didn't have Caucasian eyes, also she had a type of cancer that ashakanazi Jews of African American women get. Please do reply with your views, im a Christian and would love to have Jewish blood.
I found out that my great great grandma was Jewish Noami Warner, also on my mums mum side aswell
I have to break the news to you but Jews ARE mainly Caucasian with the exception of converts. Not sure what you mean tbyt your comment about "Caucasian eyes".
@@Lagolop
Curiously, I have heard this before, but no background. Where can I find this info?
@@dorisbarnes5288 If not Caucasian, then what? There are only 4 options; mongoloid, australoid, caucasian and negroid. The original Jews, as all people aboriginal to the Near East, are Caucasian. Hope that helps.
Khazarian Mafia..They were converts for political reasonsalso the Bolsheviks leaders..Study them.@@dorisbarnes5288
What about Lütz as surname?
Basically just German names and some polish or russian.
Amazingly, there isn't a single Arab or Middle Eastern-sounding name among them, yet these Europeans claim legal entitlement to land in the Middle East that belongs to others
because surnames changed, ashkenazi surnames 1000 years ago were still in hebrew
There is a huge Palestinian population in Chile. If they all adopted Spanish surnames, would they stop being Palestinians?
GOD gave them that land nobody can take it away from them!
What about the name Holzman?
Last names were picked by most in the 1800s, before that you were just Samuel, son of Aaron, or Samuel the metal maker.
Holzman = wood man (German - and maybe Yiddish?)
@@EmpressEmylia Same in Yiddish.
all claim to be human beings, right? Don't look for differences, live in peace
What would Asberg be? Forest of Ash trees? I dunno.
Berg is mountain ... I think "as" may be ash as in burnt wood/coal.
If you still care for a tip... as @EmiliavanBeugen pointed out, Berg means mountain. Apparantly the As-part used to refer to ash trees. Many places (villages as well as hills and mountains), mainly in Germany and Austria, have the name Asberg: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asberg
My family name is Chavers. I know Chaver is a Hebrew word so I suspect I have Jewish ancestry but I have no idea.
Chaver, is a word meaning friend in Hebrew.
I’m a Chavis/Chaver/Shaver/Schaefer.