Hello Sam Beris. Since we have the same family name and
our families came from the same town, I am fairly sure that
we are related, although probably separated by a few generations.
My grandfather, Haim Laibl, a coppersmith, had 16 children
and my father was the youngest. I am 89 years old. I do not
know how many brothers Haim Laibl had. I heard of one, whose name I do not recall, but it was not your grandfather.
Therefore, based on our ages, I would assume that, if we are
related through a sibling of Haim Laibl, it would be your great grandfather.
A distant cousin, Linda Berris of Chicago. has done quite
a bit of research on the family in Sczcuzyn and she might
have the family connection. Her email address is:
lsberris@gmail.com.
There are a number of descendents of Haim Laibl in Israel
but because of name changes, I can not give you any
information, except that one of them was an Ambassador to Egypt. Then there is one in Israel with whom I am in
touch by email, whose husband's father came from
Sczcuzyn. Their family name is now Yigdal and you can
contact them by email at
Yigdal2@Bezeqint.net.
You can contact me directly at
sberryberry@aol.com.