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Wozniak / Tometchak - Were my grandparents Jewish?

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mkeesee	Jan 16, 12, 17:53 #1
My grandparents left Poland in 1914; his last name was Wozniak and hers was Tometchak...what is the chance that they were Jewish?

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Jan 16, 12, 18:22 #2
mkeesee: .what is the chance that they were Jewish? very little

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jan 16, 12, 22:32 #3
No-one can say solely on the basis of that information. Jews were known to take on on the names of the countries in which they lived. The two you listed are perfectly good Polish names. WOŹNIAK: patronymic tag for the son of the woźny (court crier) or woźnica (carter). TOMCZAK: patronymic tag for the son of Tomasz (Thomson).

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 12, 22:34 #4
mkeesee: what is the chance that they were Jewish? 0.99%

archiwumThreads: 11 Posts: 30 Joined: Dec 1, 11 ♂	Feb 21, 12, 20:25 #5
To be jewish, you haft to have 3 jewish grandparents, or be half. Anything less is mischlinge. One jewish grandparent, and 3 gentile grandparents is grade 2. Mischlinge were denied titles and positions. They retained there citizenship.

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