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Anonymous United States No.213504541 [Report] >>213504596
>have a good chunk of my family born in Austria in the 1800s
>they all spoke Russian and were Orthodox
So what were they really?
Anonymous Poland No.213504596 [Report] >>213504907
>>213504541 (OP)
Most likely orthodox Rusyns. That was the minority (most were Greek Catholic) but there was a movement like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_Russophilia
and these people switched from Greek Catholicism to Russian Orthodoxy, which usually entailed actual cultural russification
Anonymous United States No.213504907 [Report]
>>213504596
>Rusyn immigrants generally settled around Scranton, PA
>where my mom's entire side lived
Decent chance they're that I guess
Eastern Europe is a bitch to trace back to