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The objective of this project is to figure out the first generation of The Goldstein family. There's some anonymous site (http://www.planet-rudolph.de/d0002/g0000029.htm#I513) that gives the following info:
Unknown Goldstein had 2 children:
+Löser GOLDSTEIN
+Loeser Eliezer Samuel GOLDSTEIN
The Geni tree reflects this. For the sake of this discussion let's call the first Löser, Löser A, and the second Löser (our g-g-g-grandfather), Löser B.
I'm sure there is a mistake here because:
A) How could 2 brothers have the same name?
B) Löser B allegedly is the first one to adopt the name Goldstein (as stated in the Ulrich article), his original name being Smolenski. Did his brother Löser A have the same surname?
C) If Löser B's full name name is Eliezer Samuel - why did he give his son the name Samuel? (As we could see on the authentic family tree here: http://www.geni.com/photo/view/352945413380011038?photo_id=6000000013048575205
D) According to http://www.planet-rudolph.de/d0001/g0000070.htm#I475. Löser A, had a son Bernhard Goldstein, according to our tree Löser B had a son Bernhard Goldstein. Is it a coincidence?
E) According to http://www.planet-rudolph.de/d0001/g0000070.htm#I475, Löser A's son Bernhard married Caroline LAQUEUR. According to our tree Löser B's son Bernhard also married someone called Caroline LAQUEUR. A double coincidence?
Perhaps, the other brother is no brother at all - the guy who made the family tree just put them together my mistake. or the other brother's name was Samuel not Löser.