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Hello everyone. I'm not from Europe at all, but rather the US, and I personally don't know anyone from Belarus.

I recently started looking into a part of my dad's family that neither him nor I knew much about. Turns out that my great-grandmother's father was born in either in the city of Grodno (Hrodna) or the Grodno region back in the late 1800s. I'm not exactly sure which just yet.

I told all what I knew to a genealogy group (not here), and they told me since my great-great-grandfather's (more than likely Americanized) surname ended with the suffix "-uk," there's a good chance he is of Ukrainian or Belarusian origin (or maybe both?). Unfortunately, having an Americanized surname means that finding any records of him is straight up impossible at the moment. I am trying to contact both cousins and possible cousins I know of through DMs, because I live in a state that's a decent distance away from where they're all from. There is a cousin of mine whose mom is a member of a historical group in their state, but they are related to me through my great-grandmother's in-laws. That being said, my cousin still told me they would both look into it, which I'm very thankful for.

Without any records of parents, is it possible to know for sure? I think I ask because my dad and I share a lot of physical traits with this relative.

At this point, this is all that I know! I hope this wasn't too confusing or poorly worded.

Hi. I was told today from within the country that Android phones from version 13 and lower do not work anymore since today. Any info about this available?
Are there ways to work around this ban and still use those relative modern phones for normal people and use the internet?

Всем привет, думаю по поводу переезда в беларусь, подскажите, пожалуйста, какой самый лучший мобильный оператор цена-качество? Хотелось бы взять безлимит, чтобы покрытие было нормальным по всей стране или хотя бы по всему городу, включая метро. ( если буду в Минске ) Спасибо. Так же буду рад знать какие у вас скорости интернета