tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post8391206265326619577..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Family CrestsEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-78925779367091677502008-08-07T15:39:00.000-05:002008-08-07T15:39:00.000-05:00Well, I'm Jewish, and my last name is Falkenstein....Well, I'm Jewish, and my last name is Falkenstein. Though I don't know anything about any family crests, I know my father was from Slovakia (Don't know too much about the family history though, as most of my father's family were wiped out during the holocaust when he was still a young child). <BR/>As for European Jews having family crests, I happen to know for a fact that some do. For example The Rothschild family. Who not only are Jewish, but ennobled by the Austrian and British governments.<BR/>I know this because the Baron Edmond Rothschild helped found the town where I grew up in Israel in the last 19th century (which was when it was founded, not when I grew up there, obviously... hehe).<BR/>Anyways... just FYI.<BR/>Found this blog after I googled "falkenstein name origin".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-62357652006120571992008-05-23T20:33:00.000-05:002008-05-23T20:33:00.000-05:00It's weird, I'm like 1/64 Polish at most but my na...It's weird, I'm like 1/64 Polish at most but my name ends in "ski", so people insist I'm Polish no matter what I tell them. I guess my Y chromosome is Polish, at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-68496111366567992852008-05-23T20:13:00.000-05:002008-05-23T20:13:00.000-05:00One of the good things about posting anonymously i...One of the good things about posting anonymously is that, if you are incorrect about something, your ignorance is anonymous. <BR/><BR/>While I've never known a Jew who talked about having a family crest, I googled it. There are Jewish cemeteries in Europe where the gravestones have family crests on them. They seem to have been wealthy assimilated families. <BR/><BR/>None of them had food as part of the crest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com