Re: Ben Shapiro meme
Someone checked:
> A cursory search doesn’t indicate Sidney is Ben’s granddad. Info on Ben’s father, David, states his father is Nathan Mayer Shapiro.
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> http://www.celebsworlds.com/david-shapiro/
(It’s still probably a relative)
Shapiro (and others similar) is a place name. The place is known as Speyer, Germany in English. Like most family names taken from locations, it can’t be assumed that bearers are related, though there might be a greater possibility. There was a notable Jewish population in Speyer for many hundreds of year.