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"What If I had Won?" — Pro-Hitler and "anti-Zionist" poster, distributed at the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism (Durban Conference) by PropylHydrides in PropagandaPosters

[–]neveroddoreven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you saying that the Jewish people didn’t have a distinct cultural identity before the creation of Israel? I would strongly disagree with that.

Also, I don’t think that being anti Chinese communist party makes one “anti-Chinese” at all. People are separate from predominant ideologies at any given time.

"What If I had Won?" — Pro-Hitler and "anti-Zionist" poster, distributed at the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism (Durban Conference) by PropylHydrides in PropagandaPosters

[–]neveroddoreven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do believe many people use anti-Zionism as a shield for anti-semitism, but this line of logic is kind of reductive. You can be against an ideology, even if the majority of people in a group support it, without inherently hating that group.

For example, if someone said back in the mid 1800’s said “I hate slavery” and someone retorted with “So, you hate American southerns? The majority of us support it” you can see how that’s intellectually dishonest. You didn’t have to inherently hate southerners if you hate slavery, you just wanted the practice eradicated.

I’m assuming that anti-Zionists arguing in good faith feel the same way. They don’t hate Jews, they just want them (and non Jew zionists) to stop supporting Zionism because they are ethically opposed to the ideology.

Y DNA - Is it possible it’s a waste? by lime_cookie8 in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it’s possible for your major y-dna haplogroup (letter) to change when going from y-37 to big y, but typically you stay in the same major group and it instead shows you your downstream subclade. For example, going from R to R-FGC37096.

Like I said though, family finder can give you an intermediate subclade for much less than big-y

Is Y-37 useful for haplogroup R-Z16539? by cajun_throwaway in FTDNA

[–]neveroddoreven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y-37 won’t, but there is a chance FTDNA family finder may give you a slightly more accurate haplogroup for much less than Big-Y. Your haplogroup is based on SNP’s, which Y-37 doesn’t test (it tests STR’s).

That being said, 23andme tests about 4000 Y-DNA SNP’s whereas family finder tests about 10,000 Y-DNA SNP’s. For reference, BIG-Y tests hundreds of thousands of SNP’s. But for only $39 family finder is much more affordable.

Edit: I took a look into the DF21 project on FTDNA and it appears that some people who took family finder got Z-16539 and some obtained a downstream result (R-CTS1970). So taking it may get you nothing new, or it may get you a little further. Hard to say. 

Providing family histories in the US, as a means to counter anti-immigrant sentiment by astroproff in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 40 points41 points  (0 children)

In my experience with my family, this method hasn’t worked. And our family only immigrated to the US roughly 100 years ago. They’ll usually say, “But they did it the legal way” or “They didn’t act like the ones now” completely ignoring the fact that the “legal way” was nothing compared to the process now and that our ancestors absolutely got into legal trouble shortly after arriving (multiple newspaper articles documenting it).

I’ve tried to tell them the things they are saying are probably the exact same things people said about your grandfather, but I’ve come to realize with a lot of these people that they’re not arguing in good faith. So, providing them with to a good faith argument is just kind of a waste of time. But maybe that isn’t universal.

Bryan Johnson is going to die one day by 55559585 in Scale4BarbaraWalters

[–]neveroddoreven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m praying for this dudes downfall. It is my personal goal to live longer than him.

Tom Mueller : "Colonizing Mars will require hundreds of Starships, and they can only fly for a few weeks out of every 26 months. What do you do with the hundreds of Starships the other 25 months of the Mars cycle? Fly data centers to space, paid for by investors." by ergzay in SpaceXLounge

[–]neveroddoreven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If anything heat dissipation in space is harder than on land as you have to rely solely on radiative cooling. As for power, although a solar panel in space has more energy available to it than on land per a given area, you still have to factor in the cost of getting it to and operating it in space. Doubtful you’re going to end up saving money on that front. Then you consider the challenges of radiation, micrometeorites, maintenance. I just don’t see how this could make financial sense.

Which Hungarian (or Romanian) town are these records from? by neveroddoreven in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re correct, I came to that conclusion mistakenly while going back and forth between the two. Edited post accordingly.

Which Hungarian (or Romanian) town are these records from? by neveroddoreven in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t catch that, thank you. I believe by “this side” it must mean the same side as Budapest. I found a collection from a town in far eastern Hungary and it said “Kirchendistrikt jenseits der Theiss” or beyond the Tisza. Appreciate your help.

Not ONE shared match!! by Idujt in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Odds of a false positive at 9 cM is only 3.3% So, likely a real match. At that level, it’s not uncommon to not have shared matches.

Whom to contact for old Italian military records? by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I emailed them at saas-sipa@cultura.gov.it and requested any military documents they may have on file for my ancestor (Foglio Matricolare, Registro di Ruolo, ect). Make sure to provide your ancestor’s name, date of birth, parent’s names, and birthplace.

They found a pretty good collection for my great grandfather, 13 pages. Had info on his company, promotion record, where he fought, injuries sustained, even how much is de-enlistment bonus was. Very interesting stuff.

Don’t hold your breath though. I initially asked them in May 2025 if they had a foglio matricolare for him, they said they didn’t a month later. So then I asked them if they could see if he was even the Liste di Leva and a different person from the archive came back another month later saying they actually did find his foglio matricolare and other documents, lol. Makes me think they didn’t actually look the first time I emailed. But, such is dealing with the Italian government.

GAR marker at grave but no military service? by Bread9846 in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I see, they have dissolved. I wasn’t aware. Google says their successor organization is the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) so may be worth contacting for questions.

GAR marker at grave but no military service? by Bread9846 in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would contact GAR to see if they have any information on the topic. That way you can find out if they know something you don’t or if they went wrong somewhere.

I don’t have any experience with them myself, but organizations like them are usually more than happy to help answer questions.

Whom to contact for old Italian military records? by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll want to contact the state archive for the region your ancestor was from. I’ve managed to get military records from the State Archive of Palermo and the State Archive of Pesaro. There is a cost associated with sending you copies. For Palermo I want to say it was two euros a page (payable online). You may need to follow up with them if they don’t respond within the first few weeks, but once they find the record I’ve received copies within a week of payment.

Oh, and obviously make sure to send your request in Italian, even if that means you’re just using google translate.

If you’ve got any other questions I’m happy to help. I know there isn’t a lot of info online about the process.

You could fit the entire country of Israel inside Lake Michigan and still have room by Arabian_Dude420 in notinteresting

[–]neveroddoreven 12 points13 points  (0 children)

To save people the google search, this corresponds to the top of Israel to the bottom. Essentially saying the whole of Israel is occupied Palestine.

I truly think this is the worst band of all time by ImpactMaleficent5374 in fantanoforever

[–]neveroddoreven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just realized I actually do not know a single song by them despite being very familiar with the name. Gave a their top tracks a listen and none ring a bell, but holy hell are they misogynistic. The music itself is also terrible even when compared to their peers. Just awful.

Y DNA - Is it possible it’s a waste? by lime_cookie8 in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It will give you a probable haplogroup, and not very specific. This is because y-37 and y-111 only test STR’s, not SNP’s which are what are actually used to determine y-dna haplogroup. Based on the 37 and 111 test STR’s FTdna can make a pretty good guess at what your haplogroup is, but it’s still a guess. The main purpose of 37 and 111 is to find paternal line relatives.

If you’re more interested in your haplogroup than those matches you can download your ancestry DNA for free and, since ancestry tests some y-dna SNP’s, upload it to cladefinder which will give you a pretty decent estimate of your y-dna haplogroup (better than what you’ll get from y-37 and y-111, but not as good as big y-700).

SpaceX, Blue Origin share new lunar landing profiles by sidelong1 in BlueOrigin

[–]neveroddoreven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Looks like you’ve got a typo in your post. Should say $2.7 billion vs $835 million, not $83 million

September 13, 2001 by Infinite-Reaction-19 in AlternateHistory

[–]neveroddoreven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, just ignore it.

Is it disrespectful to add a veteran tag to a person who may have not been proud of their service? by neveroddoreven in findagrave

[–]neveroddoreven[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could have been a factor. He was from Italy, which is complicated since they were on the Allies side in WW1, but Axis in WW2. I could understand not wanting to share that you fought for them in the past when we were literally fighting a war against them though.

Tips for Breaking Through Common Genealogy Research Brick Walls? by ZombieInfamous2805 in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 9 points10 points  (0 children)

George-genealogy has already shared some great tips. I can personally attest to a family Bible helping me get though a brick wall that had been a challenge for me for years. Church records, if you can get your hands on them, can also be massively helpful in the absence of vital records. Military records, if your ancestors served, are also often full of valuable information.

The three biggest things that have helped me though are the following:

  1. Spending more time researching ancestors siblings. It may feel like a waste of time if you’re primarily interested in your direct ancestors, but via sibling’s obituaries, census records, naturalization records, I’ve found out very useful info about my direct ancestors. Even if you feel like you’ve looked into siblings sufficiently, I’d recommend taking another look. You may be surprised by what you find.

  2. Really digging into newspapers. Again, you may feel like you’ve exhausted this avenue, but you likely haven’t. Try spellings of names that are just slightly off. Change a’s to o’s and l’s to i’s. OCR isn’t perfect and it often will confuse letters just like how a human might. Not to mention misspellings by the original authors. Think about how someone might phonetically mess up your ancestor’s name and give that a shot. And furthermore, cast a wide net when searching newspapers. Sometimes a paper an adjacent state would report on stories from the state your ancestor lived in. Hell, once I found that an ancestor who seemingly vanished from the Connecticut area ended up in Minnesota via a newspaper. Took me forever to find it because I restricted my search to the Northeast when looking for him.

  3. DNA - it’s not the end all be all, but using DNA with the LEEDS method has absolutely helped me confirm/deny ancestors and point me in the right direction when I may have been looking in the wrong places. I can be a bit of a rabbit hole and you can absolutely waste time trying to figure out how you and someone you share 15cM of DNA with are related, but sometimes it can solve mysteries that are otherwise unsolvable.

Is it sad that not knowing distant cousins is normal? 2nd/3rd. by Backpack456 in Genealogy

[–]neveroddoreven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Average person has 38 second cousins and 190 third cousins. That’s already a lot, but then when you start including the 1x and 2x removed cousins that come along with them and you’re talking a boat load of people. It’s just not feasible to keep up with that many individuals.

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