Genealogy /
THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]
My great grandfather was born Stanislaw Torzyk in Ksiaz Wielkopolskie. His dad is registered with the surname Torz and Torzyk. I have noted that Torz and seeming
variants are distributed throughout Europe in Hungary, Poland, Austria, Italy, and Germany. What is confusing me at the moment is I recently got back DNA tests showing
Italian lineage along the Torzyk/Torz genealogical line and seems to indicate that either my great great grandfather or his father was Italian. My great grandfather was born
1878. I have no additional data on his father, but the timelines do seem to correlate with Italy's alliance with Prussia against Austria.
My great great grandmother's surname is Mendelak.
