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

Alrightyy.. Ill look into it I guess,

Thanks for all the help.

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

I am Jewish... Most definitely Jewish... But as you can imagine this is a bit shocking... Im aware of the ackronym K"TZ for Katz, but Kot is the Polish equivalent?

I was looking on earlier posts, and they were saying stuff about Cats like meow cats not Kohen Katz...

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

Ok I hear that... So my two options are Son of a cat, or I've been missing out on several generations of blessings that we could have been giving?

Alrighty then...

Would you know a good way to find out if I truly am from Kohanim decent?

Thanks for the help, if anything else comes to mind let me know!

Sorry for the name change..

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

Cool,
Thanks a lot!

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

I have always been curious about my last name.

Now its Gelnick, I know at one point it was egelnick.

I hope you can help! thanks.