Nazi's relative turns Israel lover [Goering Kin Becomes a Jew]

YNet News ^ | Jan. 20, 2006 | Eyal Marcus

[Alouette]

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[Junior_G]

his great grandfather was Goering's grandfather's brother

Doesn't that mean he is not a direct descendent of Goering?

[Borges]

Yeah that's what I was figuring.

[Lekker 1]

his great grandfather was Goering's grandfather's brother

That's a "direct descendent"?

[eastsider]

his great grandfather was Goering's grandfather's brother

He's Goering's second cousin once removed.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Good pickup - good article but sloppy on the point you mentioned.

[rellimpank]

--hasty calculation says they were second cousins, once removed--

[MeanWestTexan]

Yes. The fist and third paragraphs of this article conflict.

It is very interesting how God changes men's hearts and puts people just where they are supposed to be at certain times.

Been reading Ester today, and this topic is on my mind.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Matias Goering , a distant relative of the senior Nazi (his great grandfather was Goering's grandfather's brother)

The story loses some of the irony when it's put that way. On a distantly related note, were you aware that Hitler had a nephew the served in the US Navy during WWII? He retired in Long Island, IIRC.

[MeanWestTexan]

Was his last name Hitler?

(There's actually an old German family here with that name; they changed it circa 1941 to "Hiffler" or something."

[orionblamblam]

> Hitler had a nephew the served in the US Navy during WWII

Asd memory serves, his service record was almost entirely undistinguished. He wanted to serve (originally in the British navy - they wouldn't take him), but once he got in, he stayed pretty quiet. I guess that's understandable.

[Red Badger]

I never understood all that "once removed" stuff. Cousins is cousins.......

[Welsh Rabbit]

He changed it to Chamberlain after immigrating to the US. He was actually raised in England. Google "William Patrick Hitler", and that will give you all the info.

[marron]

It is very interesting how God changes men's hearts and puts people just where they are supposed to be at certain times.

Worth repeating.

[MeanWestTexan]

I just looked that up, and you're absolutely correct.

As it relates to this thread, it turns out he blackmailed A. Hitler on the "Jewish Grandfather" issue, lending some weight to that old rumor.

The nephew had three sons, and they lived secluded lives, with a pact that they would not marry or have children, so that the family line would die out.

Here:

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/02/05/last.hitlers.cnna/

[MeanWestTexan]

See the link I just posted above. Fascinating.

[Riley]

Was his last name Hitler?

It was when he was in the Navy. I can't *imagine* the ribbing he took. I read about this guy and his family- he had two sons who decided that the line should end with them, and have vowed not to have children. They live in the northeast someplace, under a different name.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I knew a guy in Sheboygan who's family name was Naushitz. He changed it to Naushultz.

[KC_Conspirator]

Yes, but maybe thats because we are Americans and think like Americans. My uncle has a saying: You can also pick your nose, but you can't pick your family. In America, we don't care who your father was, or your mother, and don't hold sons accountable for the sins of the father. I don't think Europeans think like that at all (like John Kerry), although in some parts in eastern europe and Britain, this is becoming less so.