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Re: searching for last name
I think the surname Ganelin is a Russian name.
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Yes, it is Russian, said to be from the forename Gavriil, English Gabriel. Other variants beginning Gan- are Ganichev, Ganin, Ganikhin, Ganyushkin.
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thanks for the help.... didn't know I had some russian to ancestry to.
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