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Re: Re[2]: Yiddish on List

On Mon, 2 Mar 1998 richard_wolpoe (at) ibi(dot)com wrote:

> 
> coudn't the kin suffix be Russian and not necessarily Yiddish

No, the kin ending might be whatever - it's the -in ending that's Russian.
While the names that my family name were derived from were certainly
Yiddish, the ending is RUssian. In fact, Soskin is actually  a fairly
common Russian name.

Alana

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