Facebook family group

This month was the Facebook family group month. Numerous Foinquinos joined the group Foinquinos, among them:

- Of course, Simone Foinquinos Melo, our genealogist, who collected materials, photos and stories for over 20 years and shares them with us on this blog;

- Our other genealogist, from the Pinto side of the family, Carole Bendrihem, who is a real detective, following her hunches till she victoriously finds the right information; she lives in Paris, France; she was the one to suggest a family group on Facebook as she has her own too for the Bendrihem family.

- My sister Patricia Serfati, fashion designer in Paris whose beautiful fashion designs are sold under the brand Patoushka; her daughter Valerie and gd son Ethan who live in Juan les Pins, France.

- My sister Caroline Schwab, trademarks & patent officer at the World Intellectual Propriety in Geneva, she is also organizing a peace festival this fall; also her son Luc Schwab, the Krav Maga expert.


- My sister Cathy Gabay, who lives in Tel Aviv with her two beautiful daughters Stephanie & Karen and her son, Ron Gabay the guitarist; she designs unique jewelry items that she sells in her store on Ben Yehuda.


- My cousin Lilly, second daughter of Albert and Perla, who was one of the first to join the group, from Israel.


- My cousin Evelyne and her husband Shlomo Apatov, who live in Kfar Sava, Israel. She is Albert and Perla's first daughter; also her son Avihay and her daughter Anat who is also one of the first to join the group.


- My cousin Joseph Tal, also son of Albert and Perla, who lives in the South of France; his son Rubin Tal, the musician & composer, who lives in Paris with his wife Dounia; and his daughter Annick Tal who has great pictures on her profile. Rubin also posted some of the old family pictures you see on the group.


The children generation with:

Sabrina Tal Foinquinos, daughter of Jacques, gd daughter of Albert and Perla, just back from a trip in Israel, she lives in Marseille.

Stephanie Foinquinos, daughter of Maurice Foinquinos Tal and gd daughter of Albert and Perla. She now lives in the States and just got married, Mazal tov. Her brother is the famous musician and israeli singer Avraham Tal in Israel (more info on his fan site and a sample of his songs too).


In the Americas:

Sheila Hall, one of the first to join the group too, now in San Diego, California. She is from the Peruvian side of the family. Her mom is Sarah Foinquinos.


Also Maricler Foinquinos, gd daughter of Alberto Foinquinos of Caracas , daughter of Isaac Foinquinos. She lives in Caracas, Venezuela. Her brother Carlos Foinquinos lives in Texas and works as an oil engineer. Also her sons Andres and Miguel Cicenia.

Abraham Manuel Foinquinos, from Peru, son of Jorge Foinquinos, lives in Iquitos, he is a musician. His father is Sheila's mom brother.


Sergio Obadia, gd son of Alberto Foinquinos of Caracas, son of Clarita Foinquinos, he lives and works in Washington DC.


Last but not least Nicholas Foenkinos, different branch and different spelling of the name, but Simone Melo knows that branch too who mainly lives in France and will devote more time to it once she can get out from under the pile of documents on the Foinquinos.

If you wonder how to access the facebook group, easy. Go to http://www.facebook.com/ and open an account by writing your email and a password. When your account is established, you can go to search and type Foinquinos, and you'll see our group, and you can add your profile to it.

So that's all folks, in a typical way we went around the world with our family, a truly international family.









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