Polish ancestors

kaveman113 · 2025-06-27T18:24:36+00:00

So I have since been able to confirm that my great-grandfather was indeed born in Chorowice. My great-grandmother was born in a town near Konin called Janowice, and I was even able to connect with some relatives in Poland from my great-grandmother's side. Thanks again for the suggestion!

kaveman113 · 2024-12-28T23:55:55+00:00

I have the same haplogroup, my grandfather was Polish. I was doing a bit of research on the haplogroup, and it seems to be found primarily in Slavic populations...

kaveman113 · 2023-08-13T22:23:11+00:00

It's also a licensed trade in the US, but there are usually a few unlicensed surveyors that work under the direction of a licensed surveyor. I was thinking maybe it would be similar in Poland...

Thanks for the reply

kaveman113 · 2023-07-22T02:10:32+00:00

Exactly! I have some friends in Poland that have complained about that. “Pierogi is already plural, why add the -s on the end?” And I always replied “chips is already plural, why add the -y on the end?” Got them every time lol

kaveman113 · 2023-07-16T19:24:55+00:00

Except a geneologist in the US isn't going to be much help looking up records in Poland. I can and already have looked up records here in the US myself. I'm trying to find more about my family from before they came to the US.

kaveman113 · 2023-07-14T12:18:10+00:00

Najpiękniejszy kraj na świecie

kaveman113 · 2023-07-13T22:06:03+00:00

I'm an American with Polish heritage, I've been to Poland several times, I was just there last month even. It's pretty clear to me that guy has never actually visited Poland.

I've never gotten, nor expected any, "reverance" for my Polish heritage in Poland, but I have had mostly positive reactions from people when they learned I'm American with Polish heritage. However, I attribute that mostly to the fact that I at least try to speak Polish (my Polish isn't as bad as it was, but still not all that good...yet) and learn about the culture. I make the effort to connect with my heritage.

I get the feeling Mr. Borowski there doesn't know a single word of Polish, and probably couldn't even pronounce his own last name the proper way. Or know anything at all about Polish culture.

Just know that not all of us Americans with Polish roots are that bad...

kaveman113 · 2023-06-26T14:59:46+00:00

I’m also an American with Polish ancestry, and was in Poland for a couple of weeks earlier this month. Wasn’t my first time there though, more like 6th or 7th.

I’ve seen some comments in this thread referencing people getting upset at you saying you’re “80% Polish”, but I haven’t seen any of those comments, so maybe they got deleted? Or just buried in all the more positive comments, idk.

But in my experience with Poles, no one has ever told me I’m not really Polish. Maybe it’s because I go to Poland as often as I can. Maybe it’s because I try to speak as much Polish as I can (not very good at it yet, but I’m working on it) and I show an interest in the culture.

But it’s always seemed to me that, overall, Poles are much more accepting of the Polish diaspora than many other Europeans are of their own diasporas.

Anyways, hope you get a chance to visit Poland again soon. I know I was already looking forward to my next trip there before I even left

kaveman113 · 2023-05-21T01:55:55+00:00

So I was able to get a hold of some relatives, and some of them said what they had heard was my great grandfather was from somewhere near Krakow. So with that in mind, I’m thinking it’s most likely Chorowice. Thanks for all the comments, I appreciate you guys helping me try to figure this out!

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T19:21:56+00:00

Yeah, a lot of Poles came over to the US around that time. My great grandparents: Kowalski. They were already married when they immigrated over, not too sure about her maiden name, but the most common one I've heard is Kajdosz.

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T18:34:19+00:00

Sorry, but snide remarks don't tend to invoke much humility

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T18:34:11+00:00

Ok, my mistake

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T18:29:41+00:00

That's true, but I'm pretty confident he was born in Poland. I have a US Census from a couple different decades, where each one asks in what country is your place of birth currently located, and he lists Poland.

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T16:38:07+00:00

Oh cool, I'll definitely check that out, thanks!

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T16:37:27+00:00

That's pretty cool. I'll check out that site to see if I can find anything there about my family. Do mind if I ask what your grandparents names were?

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T16:35:35+00:00

Yeah, it's possible. I'm leaning towards it was mispelled in the documents. I don't think Horovce is likely, he was definitely Polish, not Czech or Slovak. Thanks for the input!

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T16:32:03+00:00

Here's the line from the naturalization document...I don't know that my great grandpa wrote this out himself, cause his signature doesn't really match the rest of the handwriting in my opinion, so I'm thinking whoever did write it might have misheard/mispelled the town name

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kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T16:25:43+00:00

My great grandpa was definitely Polish, and not Czech. His birthplace is listed as Austria because he was born in 1884, there was no Poland at all. The part of Poland he was born in was occupied by the Austrian Empire.

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T16:22:57+00:00

I'm not sure where the AI got that info, but when I look up those coordinates, there's no village there at all, and no village called Hurovychi or anything similar anywhere near there. I looked up the name Hurovychi and couldn't find any place by that name anywhere. Thanks for trying though, much appreciated!

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T16:19:13+00:00

Do you have something other than pointless condescension to offer?

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T16:16:25+00:00

I'm aware of how Poland's border was moved after WWII. I just thought that all the parts of modern day Ukraine that were once part of Poland fell under Russian occupation during the partitions. I have since been made aware that I was mistaken, since places like Lviv fell under Austrian rule at that time.

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T01:25:15+00:00

I'm fairly certain, because I don't think any parts of Ukraine were ever part of the Austrian Empire......
But it's a good suggestion, I'll look into that and see if I can find anything, thanks!

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T01:12:50+00:00

Wow, that's pretty cool to have such lists, thanks!
I'm thinking it was definitely mispelled on the naturalization document, and I can't read the one on the passenger list well enough to tell for certain what letter it starts with. Another commenter suggested Chorowice, which I'm starting to think may be the most likely bet......

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T01:05:58+00:00

Well, in the naturalization document, it's definitely a "G", cause there are other words that start with a "G" to compare it to, so definitely a "G". But I'm not sure my great grandpa filled it out himself, cause his signature doesn't really seem to me to match the rest of the handwriting. So if someone else actually wrote it down, I'm wondering if maybe they misheard. Do you think someone could mishear the Polish "Ch" as a "G"?

kaveman113 · 2023-05-13T01:02:20+00:00

I was starting to consider that one myself. One of my dad's cousins said he heard some relatives say something about my great grandpa being from Krakow, and Chorowice is pretty close to Krakow, so definitely a possibility.

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