I'm not sure if this is relevant or not but My Father who is Michael Abrahams grew up with his family in the East End of London around Whitechappel / Stepney around about 1940-1957. His Father was Sidney Abrahams and he always told me that their faily came from Eastern Europe. Sidney emigrated to the US in the late 50's early 60's and for a while during the 70's my family also lived over there.