Ashkenazi Judaism has wonderful naming traditions. Typically people of Eastern European Jewish ancestry will name children after departed relatives. Because of this, names can stay in the family for generations.
I mentioned yesterday that Paul is named for three people. The first is his grandfather, Paul Ornstein. Paul, in turn, was named for his maternal great-grandmother (Perel Gologorsky) and (I need to check this when I get home) his paternal great-grandfather (Nachman Ornstein). Paul’s middle name is Andrew, after his great-uncle Andrew Rosenblum. Andrew, in turn, was named for his great-grandfather, Aaron Hyman (Aharon Chiam) Meltzer. We’ve taken Chiam for the Hebrew middle name. I’m not sure who my great-grandmother, Chaika Broitman, was named for, but I’m sure it was somebody special.
For the record, those folks were little Paul’s “third great-grandparents” (i.e., his great-great-great-grandparents).
I hope that one day Paul will have his own namesake. Hopefully that will be 100 years from now!
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Hi
I just read your post about your Son Paul and his great grandfather Nachman Ornstein -
I am seacrhing for realtives of Nachman Ornstein from Germany - because still there is a claim. Please contact me if you are relatet ..
Beate.Nowack@ee-erbenermittlung.de
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