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Immigration of my Ashkenazi Jewish Rosenthal Family of Ploiesti, Romania

I found immigration documents on my Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors to United States.  I know that my maternal grandmother's mother' s name was Ruth Rosenthal born in Nebraska in 1913. 1930 and 1940 Census Records showed that her parents were Max Rosenthal born in Romania in 1886 and Irene born in Latvia in 1912.  Max's father was Samuel Rosenthal born in Romania in 1858.  They were Ashkenazi Jews.   Max and Irene's Scotts Bluff, Nebraska marriage certificate revealed that Irene's maiden name was Hosias.   Max's parents were revealed to be Samuel Rosenthal and Mary Josephs.  Irene's parents were revealed to be Herman Hosias and Sarah Hershberg. My 3rd Great Grandfather Samuel Rosenthal's 1908 Declaration of Intention shows that he was born in Ploiesti, Romania on November 28, 1863.  He emigrated from Hamburg, Germany.  His last foreign residence was Ploiesti, Romania.  He arrived in New York, New York on June 24, 1901.  He was a tinner. He was recorded as whi

The Immigration Of My Ashkenazi Jewish Hosias Family of Mitau, Courland, Russia (Jelgava, Latvia)

  I found immigration documents on my Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors to United States.  I know that my maternal grandmother's mother' s name was Ruth Rosenthal born in Nebraska in 1913. 1930 and 1940 Census Records showed that her parents were Max Rosenthal born in Romania in 1886 and Irene born in Latvia in 1912.  Max's father was Samuel Rosenthal born in Romania in 1858.  They were Ashkenazi Jews.   Max and Irene's Scotts Bluff, Nebraska marriage certificate reveals that Irene's maiden name was Hosias.   Max's parents were revealed to be Samuel Rosenthal and Mary Josephs.  Irene's parents were revealed to be Herman Hosias and Sarah Hershberg. Ruth's brother Edward Rosenthal's birth certificate recorded mother Irene's birthplace was Mitawa (Mitau), Courland which was part of Russia until Latvia was established in 1918.   Irene's nationality was Russian at the time of her immigration.  Ruth and Sylvia were twin sisters born on December 21, 1913 i

My Ethnic Analyses - AncestryDNA, 23andme, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA, Gene2me, and DNALand

 This is post of my Ethnic Analyses from AncestryDNA, 23andme, FamilyTreeDNA, MyHeritage, LivingDNA, Gene2me (Sequencing.com).  I did testing at 23andme and AncestryDNA.  I uploaded my 23andme genome to FamilyTreeDNA, MyHeritage, and LivingDNA.  I uploaded my Dante Labs full sequence genome bam file to Sequencing.com AncestryDNA Ethnicity Estimate 53% Africa 12% Benin & Togo 12% Cameroon  Congo & Western Bantu Peoples 12% Nigeria 8% Senegal 6% Ivory Coast & Ghana 2% Mali 1% Nigeria - East Central 45% Europe   15%  England & Northwestern Europe 14% Jewish Peoples of Europe 6% Portugal 5% France 3% Spain 2% Wales 2% Americas  1% Indigenous Puerto Rico 1% Indigenous Americas - Ecuador 23andme Ancestry Composition 49.7% Sub Saharan African   44.3% West African  (20.2% Nigerian, 12.9% Ghanaian, Liberian & Sierra Leonean, 8.9% Senegambian & Guinean, 2.3% Broadly West African) 5.4% Congolese & Southern East African  (3.4% Angolan & Congolese, 1.3% Southern East