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NYKOL
Thank you again, Hannia. My grandmother had 2 sisters, Anna, and Mary. Anna maried into the Hnatyn family and lived in the same town as my grandmother. Mary died at a very young age and never had children due to this. She is buried in the Ethnic-Catholic cemetery at the woods behind my home. We are a very small ethic village. My grandmother always told me that I looked exactly like Mary. Anna also named one of her sons Gregory?? I have 2- 2nd cousins, Anna's granddaughters, who also very interested in their heritage. As far as my great-grandfather's name is concerned, My Aunt insists it was Gregory; however, my grandmother had two brothers who remained in Ukraine. She communicated with them until her death in 1988; however, my Aunt did not properly maintain documents relating to our family. This would have provided much needed information on family members. I remember seeing pictures of cousins' weddings etc., that were sent to her from her brothers and she also sent money, products, to them. I would read the letters, written in Ukrainian, to her. My grandmother named one of her 4 sons, Stefan, the others Stash, John and Joseph. Maybe this is the correct name for my great-grandfather. My baba made the best Paska!
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