Hello, all,
I have just found from the rabbinical dynasty "ydna_rabbinical_16jan2022_original.pdf" that the Vilna Gaon belongs to the Q-M242 haplogroup.
According to DNA matches on MyHeritage, I descend from the Vilna Gaon through a maternal line from his daughter Freidel, mother of Abraham Warshawski, father of Bertha, mother of Lilly Porte/Portugalov, wife of Benjamin Frankel - my grandparents.
My brother's Y-DNA test on familytreedna shows our Frankel line as also being in the Q-M242 haplogroup.
I have not been able to go back further than Benjamin's father Nachman's father Meyer Frankel, named on Nachman's death certificate as father with mother Golde Blumenthal.
Benjamin was born in Kolno, Lomza, Poland.
Can anyone suggest which Frankel family Meyer might belong to?
Thank you so much for any help you may be able to give me.
Rondi Frankel
