Today is DR Laura's son's, Jeremy, Birthday. It is also my grandfather's birthday (well, the one they designated for him at Ellis Island since the birth certificate had been destroyed in a fire in Minsk.) So they picked a day around the high holidays. They also misspelled his last name. Half the family spelled it one way; the other half spelled their last name another. Interestingly, when my other grandfather's parents came over here from Ireland, the guards at Ellis Island added an extra "E" to the last name -- but only on about half of the family. Trying to trace family history is so much more interesting when you run into glitches like that (not to mention things like a first husband or wife of someone from 150 years ago that no one would talk about). I finally gave up, because there was no way to keep up with all the inconsistencies and inaccuracies.
