Re: hi from Ancestry! (fwd)

[Noelle <noelle>]

 > From: Analisa Salomonis <http://www.gmail.com/~anabananalisa>
 > Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 11:47:41 -0800
 >  
 >  Oh wow!  I hope that goes well.  My understanding is that the red
 >  tape is pretty exhaustive.  That’s awesome that
 >  you’re going.
 >  
 >  I saw A Real Pain!  It was definitely funny and also kinda
 >  contemplative and made me really emotional at points/after.
 >  Really fascinating relationships all around.
 >  
 >  I haven’t heard of Treasure.  I really like those two
 >  though.  I��ve been in a headspace where
 >  I’ve been watching lighter things but maybe
 >  I’ll pick it up when I’m able to handle
 >  something a bit heavier.
 >  
 >  Also, interesting about the shared Poland root for you.  And yes.
 >  
 >  When I look at 23 and me there’s a slight relation with
 >  basically all of my family members to each other.  Just slight
 >  percentages but still enough to notice!  Endogamy is a much more
 >  academic word than inbreed hah.
 >  
 >  The dual citizenship seems somewhat straight forward as a
 >  reparation process.  Hoping so.  The forms are a bit confusing but
 >  we’re all looking into it.
 >  
 >  Bummer about your not having French dual citizenship.  There are
 >  some disadvantages too though.
 >  
 >  I hope you have an excellent trip.  Feel free to reach out when
 >  you’re back.  I don’t know how much
 >  I’ll have in me to look at the genetics.  I get really
 >  overwhelmed and emotional when I think about the family loss and
 >  the camps but I also get fascinated with discovering living
 >  relatives and such.
 >   
 >  All  the  best,
 > 
 >  Ana 
 >  (they/them)
 > 
 >  >  On  Feb  3,  2025,  at  7:54 AM,  Noelle  <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 >  >  Yes, I would be happy to help you with genealogy.
 >  >  I'm going on a cultural tour of Cuba Feb 14-22!  Busy with that
 >  >  now, with all the bureaucratic stuff you have to do, deciding
 >  >  what to bring, also gifts to Cuban people because of the severe
 >  >  shortages from the embargo, and figuring out how to bring lots
 >  >  of dollar bills(no credit cards used there).  When I get back I
 >  >  will have more time to help.  I left my job in June so I'm sort
 >  >  of retired(not ruling out working again if something ideal
 >  >  comes up).
 >  >  
 >  >  Me and Robert saw the movie "A Real Pain" about cousins who
 >  >  travel to Poland on a holocaust tour.  Very funny and good.
 >  >  There was a film that had a similar theme with Lena Dunham and
 >  >  Stephen Fry called "Treasure" we saw last year which we liked
 >  >  as well.
 >  >  
 >  >  Thanks to what Jenn researched, found that Robert's relative
 >  >  Hermine Moses who was married to Max Salamonis(1850-1933) was
 >  >  born NW of Posen (now Poznan) and my great-great grandfather
 >  >  Nathan Schneider was from a town SW of Posen so who knows,
 >  >  maybe my people knew your people.  Lots of endogamy as the
 >  >  genetic genealogists call it.  Jewish Gen website has a lot of
 >  >  info, and they have webinars(look for them on YouTube).
 >  >  
 >  >  Also found that Jenn did a lot on https://www.findagrave.com
 >  >  about her families who are in cemeteries.  Now you can create
 >  >  virtual cemeteries of your family on there, I discovered.  I
 >  >  started doing that, plus adding more info from my research to
 >  >  various memorials(obituaries, newspaper articles).
 >  >  
 >  >  My mom was from France, but never did the paperwork about me
 >  >  becoming a dual citizen.  Robert's oldest friend Kathryn is
 >  >  trans and lives in a collective house in thaus)on
 >  >  Ashby.  They don't feel comfortable traveling outside of the
 >  >  Bay Area.
 >  >  
 >  >  Anyway,  good  to  hear  from  you.
 >  >  
 >  >  NG
 >  > 
 >  >>  On  Sun,  2  Feb  2025,
 >  >>  Analisa  Salomonis  wrote:
 >  >> 
 >  >>  Oh, also just checked and the tree I have access to is the
 >  >>  Bennet Family Tree
 >  >> 
 >  >>  Ana
 >  >>  (they/them)