Which of the following websites have you used the most?
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How many relatives do you know who have the same given name as you?
Keep it within about a 5th cousin distance/4th-great grandparent distance.
I only have one known relative with the same given name of Jarrett, spelled the same way, and he is a 2nd cousin once removed.
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How many countries are represented in the birth locations of your eight great grandparents?
For me, it is 3 countries: Three great grandparents were born in the Russian Empire, my great grandfather Morris Nunes Vaz was born in London, England, and my other four great grandparents were born in different states throughout the US (MA, NY, PA, and NJ).
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How many 2nd cousins do you know about?
I have 44 known 2nd cousins. 5 on my mom's side and 39 on my dad's side.
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How many of your ancestors were alive exactly 100 years ago today, on Aug 5th, 1925?
For me, it is 17 ancestors I know about. There is a pair of 2nd-great grandparents who I don't know anything about, so it's possible they were alive at that time. My Grandfather Myron Nunes Vaz was exactly 2 months old.
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How many years between the birth of your earliest born great grandparent and yourself?
For me it is 121 years because my purely paternal great grandfather David Goldberg was born in 1866 in Sokyryany (in present day Ukraine).
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How big of a gap is there between your youngest biological sibling and your oldest biological sibling? This includes biological half-siblings.
For me, it's just 1 year and 8 months.
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Which of your grandparents is the oldest?
My paternal grandfather is the oldest having been born in 1902, next is my paternal grandmother born in 1912, then my maternal grandfather born in 1926, and then my maternal grandmother in 1927.
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After the live stream the other week, I tried searching for this poem from 1776 elsewhere online but couldn't find it. This newspaper from July 6th, 1776 might be the only time it was ever printed. watch video on watch page
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Jarrett Ross, The GeneaVlogger, is a professional genetic genealogist who first caught an interest in genealogy as a young child but began extensively researching in 2009 while a senior in college. Jarrett has built a special expertise in Genetic Genealogy, the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam, southern New Jersey Jewish agricultural societies, and American Jewish genealogy, as well as extensive experience researching many other population groups. Jarrett recently left his job as the Lead Investigative Genealogist at DNA Labs International to pursue content creation full-time. Jarrett also volunteers as a Geni curator, a Search Angel, Vice President of Triangle Jewish Genealogical Society, and on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.