Had dinner with a Lithuanian lady named Virginia this week. I'd uploaded my autosomal DNA to familytreedna.com and we'd matched out as 4th cousins. After a few conversations, she was travelling through Florida and we got together for dinner. I brought along my Uncle Danny.
Humor point. I'd asked if I could bring my Uncle, and they said sure. They had a vision of someone 80 years old. Danny is only 5 years older than me.
So I was showing her my tree, and she pointed out Zvingis in Lithuania would probably be spelled Zvingys in many situations ( the Z would have a hat on it too ). Interesting. Going to have to do some doc revisions.
So are we related? Probably. Her father was from Tirksliai, Mazeikiai, Lithuania, same as my great-grandfather, Juozas Zvingis / Zvingys.
And her mother was from Vieksniai, Mazeikiai, Lithuania, where my Great-Great Grandmother, Anna Petrauskas, as well as my Great Grandmother, Martha Balvocius was from.
Virginia didn't have a good fell for her family tree beyond her parents. Quite a few wars and such if you've ever read up on Lithuanian history. Maybe one day we'll figure it out. Hoping I can get to Lithuania one day and dig in, leaving a real document for my kids.
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