# Josef Friedman (b.1921) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **2nd cousin 3x removed · also 5th cousin 2x removed *(2 ancestral lines)*** **Born** 1921 **Parents** [[Chaim Friedman (b.1880)]] · [[Sylka Gitla Furtajl (b.1878)]] ### How you're related — 2 distinct paths *These are genuinely separate bloodlines (the family intermarried), not the same line counted twice.* - **2nd cousin 3x removed** — [[Josef Friedman (b.1921)]] → [[Sylka Gitla Furtajl (b.1878)]] → [[Fajga Ita Friedman (b.1845)]] → [[Izrael Josef Friedman (b.1820)]] → [[Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859)]] → [[Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881)]] → [[Baila Yachet Yocheved Friedman (b.1908)]] → [[Yisrael Tzvi Barbanel (b.1934)]] → [[Gila Barbanel (b.1977)]] → [[Azriel Yosef Bernstein (b.2000)]] - **5th cousin 2x removed** — [[Josef Friedman (b.1921)]] → [[Chaim Friedman (b.1880)]] → [[Gdal Friedman (b.1860)]] → [[Moszek Lejzor Friedman (b.1837)]] → [[Symcha Friedman (b.1815)]] → [[PLACEHOLDER Szloma Friedman]] → [[Majer Wolf (b.1830)]] → [[Szajma Friedman (b.1781)]] → [[Izrael Josef Friedman (b.1820)]] → [[Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859)]] → [[Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881)]] → [[Baila Yachet Yocheved Friedman (b.1908)]] → [[Yisrael Tzvi Barbanel (b.1934)]] → [[Gila Barbanel (b.1977)]] → [[Azriel Yosef Bernstein (b.2000)]] *GEDCOM I507376 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* ## Evidence ## Open questions