Jane Austin is my Great......Aunt on my mother's side.
On my father's side we are still learning about the family. My GGG Grandfather is the generation that first came to the US. For three generations they popped back and forth across the ocean from Germany to the US. The family is German/Russian Jewish although my Grandfather dropped the religion during the Nazi occupation. He was a ferocious liar as he created a new life story to cover the passed. What we do know is that my GG Grandfather was taken to a concentration camp by the SS and his daughter was an actress with dual citizenship (born in England) and was able to use her connections at the US Embassy to get him released. They went from the gates of the camp to the gangway of the ship to the US and never looked back.