# Vaughan / Levan Family Tree

> Ancestral Lineages Unveiled


## Posts

- [Colonizers? I'm related to the Prophet](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/colonizers-im-related-to-the-prophet/): Haplogroup J-M267 - I got this from my Mother.
- [Family Tree Blog](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/family-tree-blog/)

## Pages

- [sitemap.xml](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/sitemap-xml/)
- [Contact us](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/contact-us/): Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.
- [Origin of the OUR Vaughan Surname](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/origin-of-the-our-vaughan-surname/): So you’ve stumbled here hoping to uncover the ancient, noble secrets of the Vaughan surname? Bless your heart—let me stop you right there.
- [Ruth and Harolds Wedding Part 2](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/ruth-and-harolds-wedding-part-2/)
- [Becoming a Jew Derek’s story 5 of 5](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/becoming-a-jew-dereks-story-5-of-5/): His journey would span years, marked by messages sent to genealogy forums, archives combed for records, and conversations with those who might hold a piece of the puzzle.
- [Becoming a Jew Derek’s story 4 of 5](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/becoming-a-jew-dereks-story-4-of-5/): Derek shared that he had been given up for adoption in Wales, though certain details, like his exact birthdate, had become fuzzy over time.
- [Becoming a Jew Derek’s story 3 of 5](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/becoming-a-jew-dereks-story-3-of-5/): In the upcoming chapters of this story, you’ll hear Derek’s narrative in his own words, often joined by his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Carys.
- [Becoming a Jew Derek's story 2 of 5](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/becoming-a-jew-dereks-story-2-of-5/): I’m Russell Vaughan, and it was in the early days of online genealogy communities—around 2003—that I came across a poignant message in a chat group.
- [Becoming a Jew Derek’s story 1 of 5](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/becoming-a-jew-dereks-story-1-of-5/): This is the remarkable tale of Reverend Derek Overfield—a journey not just of faith but of identity and family.
- [Ruth and Harolds Wedding Part 1](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/ruth-and-harolds-wedding-1971/): What you’re about to witness is a beautiful piece of Bernstein history the film from Ruth and Harold Dayan’s wedding reception.
- [Half Cousins?](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/half-cousins/): After more than 25 years of digging through dusty records, squinting at faded photographs, and arguing with census enumerators who couldn’t spell their own names, you’d think I’d have cousin relationships down to a fine art.
- [Home](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/home/): Now With 50% More Yiddishkeit and 100% More Name-Dropping!
- [Names connected with this family](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/names-connected-with-this-family/): Here are some of the names in our family tree.
- [Alphabetical Glossary of Jewish and Yiddish words & phrases used on this website](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/yiddish-dictionary-of-word-and-phrases-as-used-on-these-pages/): A’makom Yenachem - Hebrew for “May God comfort you,” traditionally said to mourners.
- [Site Navigation](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/site-navigation/)
- [The Bernstein Branch](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/the-bernstein-branch/): This branch of our family tree—the Bernstein's was the first we ever explored, a gateway into the sprawling, chaotic world of our ancestry.
- [Phil Silverstone from Philadelphia](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/phil-silverstone-from-philadelphia/): ATTENTION SILVERSTONE SLEUTHS, HISTORY DETECTIVES, & MISHPOCHEH MISSIONARIES!
- [Contact Me](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/contact-me/): I will be happy to hear from you! Feel free to ask questions, if you want access to the family tree let me know how you are related.
- [Donofsky / Zietman](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/donofsky-zietman-needs-finishing/): Picture this: a fierce Jewish woman, a disappearing husband, and a family tree so tangled it could star in its own Yiddish soap opera.
- [Levanovitch / Levan](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/levanovitch-levan/): My journey into Adrienne’s family history began with a simple question: “So, your dad’s name is Maurice Levan… but what’s with all the ‘Lask’ and ‘Cohen-Lask’ business?” Little did I know, I’d signed up for a genealogical rollercoaster with more twists than a challah braid.
- [Twin Towers - The Original Worlds Trade Centre](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/original-worlds-trade-centre/): Twin Towers, 2000 - THEY CAME FROM MANY LANDS!!
- [Saklovitz USA / Berman UK & 150 years of history](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/saklovitz-usa-berman-uk/): When we first embarked on tracing our roots, the stories of our ancestors felt like a cholent left simmering too long—mysterious, lumpy, and in desperate need of salt.
- [Vanovitch / Vaughan - Adoption](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/vanovitch-vaughan-adoption/): Now with 50% More Gefilte Fish!
- [Unraveling the Berman-Saklovitz Name](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/unraveling-the-berman-saklovitz-name/): For over two decades, our quest to trace the Berman and Saklovitz lineages has unfolded like a telenovela scripted by Sholem Aleichem complete with name changes more baffling than a rabbi’s sermon on caffeine, bureaucratic hoops higher than a chuppah, and enough “oy vey” moments to fill a deli’s pickle barrel.
- [Arnowitz / Phillips](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/aronowitz-phillips-need-finishing/): Adrienne’s maternal roots wind back to Milly Levan, born Minnie Arnowitz a woman whose family tree has more plot holes than a Purim spiel.
- [Vaughan / Levan](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/): Now With 50% More Yiddishkeit and 100% More Name-Dropping!
- [Casson / Davgovsky](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/casson-davgovsky/): My fascination with family history began quietly years ago, but it truly blossomed when my daughter Danielle joined me in unravelling our roots.
- [The Berman-Berkman Puzzle](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/the-berman-berkman-puzzle/): Let me tell you, tracing Jewish genealogy is like trying to assemble a kugel from a recipe written in Yiddish… by your bubbe… who measured ingredients in “a bissel of this” and “a zetz of that.” Our family’s story?
- [My llanelli](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/my-llanelli/): Written by Channah Hirsch.
- [You're in computers can't you help grandma with her family tree](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/youre-in-computers-cant-you-help-grandma-with-her-family-tree/): My young daughter was frustrated with spending Saturdays with her grandma—not because she didn't like spending time with her grandma, but because grandma was on a mission to do family research at The National Archives at Kew.
- [Exploring Our Family Tree: A Journey Through Time](https://vaughanfamilytree.net/exploring-our-family-tree-a-journey-through-time/): As an internet and technology junkie, my fascination with genealogy has transformed over the years.
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