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DNA Tests Status Report

Sun 1/10/2021 1:20 PM Beth, I’m still reviewing DNA results.  First, some statistics: There were: 27,890 matches 25,890 distant matches 1,999 close matches (4th cousin or closer More significantly, my Ancestry.com test found 47 matches where I share a “common ancestor.”   This standard menu option filters DNA tests for those that link the DNA test…

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George Evanisko and Anna Elcik

Tue 2/16/2021 2:55 PM John, I’ve done some more research about George Evanisko and Anna Elcik.  My best friend in high school, Barb, has a connection to the Evanisko family.  Her husband’s brother is married to Mildred Evanisko.  Her sister-in-law has written an Evanisko family history; her name is Pat Evanisko.  Pat married Mildred’s brother,…

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Re: Grandparents

Sun 2/14/2021 10:55 PM John, My sister-in-law called her grandfather Dzedo and my brother, her husband, goes by Dzedo to his grandchildren.  She goes by Bubba. I don’t think it’s any different for other nationalities.  My best friend’s grandchildren call her Mammy and her husband, Papa.  We don’t know the Slovak language, and that’s why…

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Newspapers.com

Fri, Feb 12, 2021, at 6:25 PM Beth, Here is a valuable link, if you have not already seen it. FREE access to Newspapers.com for Valentine’s Day Weekend. Using it I was able to verify the “legend” of Uncle Clyde, my mother’s brother. Regards, John, IV Fri 2/12/2021 11:00 PM John,   Interesting article about…

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Final Answer?

Tue 2/9/2021 8:41 PM Beth, A response on the Ancestry Messenger Boards. I feel better already…   John Re: Are Pal Ilysik (Pavol Ilcik/Ilycsik) and Janos Ilscik (Jan Ilcik/Ilcsik) related? Or, Why is there no “Y” in Ilcisk? by JPmiaou In Hungarian orthography, ‘ly’ is a digraph (two letters treated as one) denoting a sound that…

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Re: Hello Cousin

Fri 2/5/2021 2:52 PM Zlatica, You are a goldmine of wonderful information. Lol. I have been researching, and your name is “derived from the Czech/Slovak element, zlata meaning “gold.” The suffix of -ica is a popular one among feminine Slavic names denoting something small and feminine. Zlatuska (zlah-TOOSH-kah), and Zlatka, can either be used as a nickname…

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Re: Hello Cousin

Fri 2/5/2021 1:50 PM Ahoj bratranec, When my e-mail was set up, it was set up under my husband’s first name Vladimir. BECA is his surname. He has his own e-mail. Neither of us goes into each other’s account. I still have siblings and distant relatives in Vinne. Husband had a brother and a sister,…

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