Genealogy / 20 y/o female (pics & summary) trying to clarify my polish heritage [26]

Yes you look Slavic around the eye's they are slightly up turned to the corners(that's a Slavic trait as opposed to the Germanic's that are straight)

a rounded skull is also a Slavic trait and wide'ish prominent cheek bones you have all the hall marks of a Slavic/Baltic person

its one of those things i find on this forum that most people dont know how to(i didnt know until told on an anthropology forum) take proper photo's for a "what do i look like etc picture"

the picture you have side(profile) on its great the 45degree is ok but your not looking straight ahead and the face on picture should be mouth closed and teeth together in all pictures(im not trying to pick on you its just an observation)

still you could fit in to any of the North western Slavic places

Cheers Steve

Genealogy / Surname Doran [4]

Its common in Ireland and Scotland but Poland had me stuffed

Food / Polish pig's knuckles (golonka) [11]

any one got a recipe??

Genealogy / Surname oniszk [4]

thanks as Google could not find much on the name its self

Food / Polish sausage ( don't laugh ) [11]

try this site look under "polish" in the list

lpoli.50webs.com/AlphabeticalList.htm

cheers and enjoy

Genealogy / "You don't look Polish" statement [29]

it could be worse....I'm Polish x German cross Scottish x welsh ( abit like a dog LOL )

no wonder i have a very bad temper!!!

i can pick a Slavic person fairly well and northern euros

i also have Germans and other Germanic types come up to me and speak German or danish etc but i don't look German!?

Life / You know you're Polish when... ? [111]

Kranski how could any pole(or Slovakian) not like Kranski!

Genealogy / is KUBIAK a common name in Poland [13]

thats lots.....here in Australia i would be surprised if there was 50 or so


but were did it come from(historically) is it a eastern Slavic name or north/north western?? Poland is the only place i have seen it......other than peoples who have moved away from Poland

Genealogy / how many know their own family histories? [139]


Grand mothers is here in Australia and we know she has all sorts of photos and paper work...but she is a very bitter old lady as most of the family is fighting each other for almost no reason its only that i live over 1000kms away that i didn't get into it all and Ive always stayed neutral

the German is is very well documented.....all the way back to when they came from Denmark my mothers side(Scott's and welsh)is also well documented the Polish side is well....almost nothing!

some of the stories from WWII are grand father(Kazimierz Karl kubiak) was a motorcycle messenger in the Polish army he was captured(funny that) was sent to ausvitz then onto a "prison farm" were the guards use to let him go into town in suit and tie to the local PUB!??.......starts to make me think he was Prussian or half German???

and then Grand mothers Family were happy for them to marry?! after the war....to me this is odd as the Germans and poles hated each other at the time??

so its got me stuffed as to WHY how and was grand father more than"just a pole"

Genealogy / is KUBIAK a common name in Poland [13]

LOL hows that !do you know her name....sorry for not being on line for so long

Genealogy / how many know their own family histories? [139]

well i know bugger all about my grand fathers(fathers side) side of the family!

i have only these names :Josef Kubiak died 1921 wife Victoria Dorna (no date as to when she died) there kids
Kazimierz Karl kubiak(grand father) born 28.2.1915 at 83 Grunwald st,Pozan Poland.

josef kubiak,Agneska kubiak,Wanda kubiak and Helena kubiak.....who i know nothing about i asked my Grand mother(still alive today) Wiebke Bracker(German and Kazimierz wife) if she knew if any survived the war and i just got a long look in the eye with no answer.....?

other than Pozan i don't even know were they came from?

searches on the net have turned up nothing!......so I'm going to see my lovely grand mother(Germans can be very arrogant at times) and "question" her with the great grand kids to soften her up :)

cheers Steve

Genealogy / is KUBIAK a common name in Poland [13]

yeah my old man said kubiak was a common name... and as Poznan is one of the oldest citys it must be large

it for my curiousity:)

but then im a kubiak who has never heard of any "other" family members

my grand father married a german girl and moved out here to australia