People think that my mother's name is Mary. It isn't. I have two aunts named Mary (one, Mary Carole, who died of alcoholism; and my aunt Mary Joan, who was named for her grandmothers-- both Jews, one a full-blooded Jew and the other a Matrilineal Jew whose mother was Anna Monkova Trudniak). My mom's mom is named Mary Ellen (and her mother was of the Farrell-DeBoy Family), and my dad's mom is Joan; and none of his aunts are Mary; though his aunts are:
- The late Helen Margaret Wojnar, named for two of her maternal aunts (the late Helen Marie Rusnak Ropel and Margaret Elizabeth Rusnak Johnson Bisset. While I was ranting about Grandaunt Tina-- See below.-- I should've mentioned that Andrew Rusnak's dad was Maria Novakova Rusnakova.)
- Dr. MaryAnn (not Mary) Elizabeth Gaydos, named for her paternal aunt Mary Ann Gaydos Drank and much of her mom's family
- Christina "Tina" Marie Gaydos Lewandowski-- and "Marie" was a variant of "Mariam" and nothing to do with the Virgin Mary. Besides, her mother was named "Marysia", another variant of "Miriam". As distant cousin-in-law Alan Sidransky noted, that Jewish girls were named or called "Maria" or variants thereof in Hungary was quite common. After all, Kosice and Zlata Idka were once a part of Hungary, and Andrew and Julia Rusnak (Grandaunt Tina's maternal grandparents) were Anusim from there.
By the way, Aunt Mary would like the drop the "Joan" someday-- and stop calling her "Mary Jo" (and those of you call her that know who you are). Meanwhile, anyone who'd like more genealogical (emphasis on
genealogical) information should
drop me a note-- I'll provide what information I know and can provide.
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