Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

i don't think i am ever going to find out because noone can find my grandfather's last name anywhere.... Sad to say, someone said to check Auschwitz.. can that be?

Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]

I believe them to be of jewish descent. But, it is mostly of Slavic with it..aka Lithuanian-Jew. but it also can be Russian-Jew, etc.

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]

Well, sure..Send me the money! ;-)...so, really then,.. where do the green eyes, come from?

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

Yes ,Menachem is one of the names, that is correct and there are 3 more, i don't quite remember. Yes, my family is pretty complicated isn't it.. i don't know what i am. Polish, Polish-Jew, German, German-Jew. 800 Minnichs, quite interesting. and 9 in Poland, even more. G-ma keeps telling me my g-pa was more of Russian than Polish, but i tell her he couldn't have been, not with that last name. HE came from Poland too. But like u said, it is Lithuanian based. They all mixed back then though. Even with the Germans.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

Thanks about your answer..I've been trying to tell my mom that I am pretty sure my grandfather was probably Polish/Lithuanian-Jew.. but been told with the name more towards the Lithuanian-Jew side and here u say it too. She thinks i am crazy, like I am begging to me Lithuania-Jewish..ya, that was my dream when I was born..Just finding out after almost 35 yrs about this jewish and what not is kinda shocking.

For your answer, the Vitz, Wicz and the Witz is all that i know of...But for instance, my name is Minnich, which is American form that is suppose to be German, which I been told came from 3 different Jewish names ages ago and I believe a Romanian one too. I don't know if this is any help.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

What is witold? They changed it to white when they arrived here... i was told anything with witz, vitz or icz was jewish... is that correct?

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]

I have to agree with you on this..A lot of jewish background has green eyes..indeed..aka Polish-Jews.