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> But now let’s look at the “mother’s” name: “Мария Григ.” (“Maria Grig.”). We know Gregory’s (and Moses’s) mother’s name was Maria/“Masha” Gertsovna Schönfinke
by cousin_it 6y ago
> But now let’s look at the “mother’s” name: “Мария Григ.” (“Maria Grig.”). We know Gregory’s (and Moses’s) mother’s name was Maria/“Masha” Gertsovna Schönfinkel... My guess is that the “mother” is actually a mother-in-law, and that it was her apartment.
It's more likely that the mother Russianized her patronymic from Gertsovna to Grigorievna.