The Westreich Family Tree

Traditional and genetic genealogy research are combined to produce an easy-to-read description of an extensive Jewish family tree, bringing it to life.eadline: Traditional and genetic genealogy research are combined to produce an easy-to-read description of an extensive Jewish family tree, bringing i to life.

The family tree is documented with both facts and "feel," conveyed by photos and family stories from living descendants. The subject is the Westreich family, a Jewish family from Galicia, Austria dating back to the early 1700's. A Y-DNA surname study is used to connect seemingly unrelated branches, including a 7-generation rabbinical line. The content runs the gamut from first-hand stories of Holocaust concentration camps to photos of world-famous mathematicians and musicians.